RAMAYANA 1

1. Lahirnya Rahwana

Tersebutlah Prabu Danaraja yang memerintah Negeri Lokapala. Ia ingin mempersunting puteri Negeri Langkapura, Dewi Sukesi, yang sedang disayembarakan. Agar niatnya berhasil, Sang Prabu memohon bantuan ayahnya, Bagawan Wisrawa, menjadi wakil dalam sayembara itu. Konon Bagawan Wisrawa adalah seorang pendeta yang amat sakti. Maka berangkatlah Sang Bagawan ke Langkapura.

Bagawan Wisrawapun berhasil memenangkan sayembara tersebut. Tapi ia berubah pikiran. Ia sendiri berhasrat memperistri Dewi Sukesi dan lupa akan puteranya sendiri. Maka kawinlah Sang Bagawan dengan puteri Langkapura itu.

Dari perkawinan itu lahirlah putera sulung, Rahwana atau Dasamuka. Tubuhnya gagah perkasa tapi berwajah raksasa dan berwatak angkara murka. Putera kedua yang diberi nama Kumbakarna berwajah raksasa pula, tapi berbudi luhur. Puteri ketiga berwajah raksasi dan amat buruk wataknya. Ia bernama Sarpakenaka. Sedangkan Wibisana, sang putera bungsu berwajah satria dan pula amat bijaksana.

Rahwana mewarisi takhta kerajaan. Ia menaklukkan negeri-negeri lain termasuk Lokapala. Bahkan Kahyangan hendak pula ditaklukkannya. Batara Wisnu berniat hendak memberantas kezaliman Rahwana. Maka menjelmalah ia pada seorang pangeran Negeri Ayodya, Sang Ramawijaya.

1. The Birth of Rahwana

Once upon a time, there was a king named Danaraja who ruled Lokapala. He wanted to marry a princess of Langkapura, Dewi Sukesi. To marry that princess, he needed to win a competition. Because of that, the King Danaraja asked his father, Bagawan Wisrawa, to represent him in the competition. Bagawan Wisrawa left for Langkapura.

Having supernatural power, Bagawan Wisrawa won the competition easily. Seeing how beautiful Dewi Sukesi was, he changed his mind. He himself wanted to marry her and forgot that actually it was his son who wanted to marry this princess. Then Bagawan Wisrawa married Dewi Sukesi.

From this union some children were born. The first was Rahwana or Dasamuka. He had a strong body and a giant's face. His personality was bad too. The second child was Kumbakarna, who also had a giant face but with good personality. The third child was a girl with a giant face, Sarpakenaka was her name. She also had bad personality. The last child was Wibisana who had nice personality and handsome.

Rahwana succedded his father as a king. He conquered other kingdoms including Lokapala. He also wanted to conquered Heaven. The God Wisnu wanted to stop Rahwana's atrocities. He reincarnated becoming a prince of Ayodya, Ramawijaya.

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Indonesian/ramayana/rama1fs.htm

Sumali (Sansekerta: सुमली; Sumalī)

Sumali (Sansekerta: सुमली; Sumalī) adalah nama seorang tokoh dalam wiracarita Ramayana yang dikenal sebagai kakek Rahwana, tokoh antagonis dalam kisah tersebut. Sumali memiliki kakak bernama Mali dan adik bernama Maliyawan. Ketiganya mendapat anugerah Dewa Brahma sehingga memiliki kesaktian yang luar biasa. Namun kesaktian tersebut disalahgunakan untuk menaklukkan kahyangan. Akhirnya, mereka pun dikalahkan oleh Dewa Wisnu dan terusir dari Kerajaan Alengka. http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumali

Sumali inggih punika raja ing Negara Alengka. Prabu punika gadhah putra kekalih, ingkang satunggal asmonipun Dèwi Sukesi lan ingkang satunggalipun malih inggih punika Raden Prahasta. Sakderengipun pikantuk cilaka utawi musibah saking imbasnipun "Satra Jendrahayuningrat"' Raden Prahasta ngégadahi pasuryan ingkan bagus (nganthéng). Namung kebrangas wantun nginjén Wisrasa lan Sukesi ingkang nembè nyabarakén dhèning "Sastra Jendrahayuningrat" pramilu niku kebagusan Prahasta dados raksasa.Prabu Sumali sakbadonipun sepuh, ngaturi ing Negara Alengka kagem wajahnipun inggih menika Dasamuka, putranipun sukesi lan Wisrawa. Banjur Sumali dados pendeta. http://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumali

Sumali (Malay: Sumaliwan, Tamil: Chumali) is the grandfather of Ravana, the principal antagonist of the Ramayana.

He, his elder brother Malyavan and younger brother Mali were the sons of the daitya Sukesh.

Sumali along with his two brothers made a tapasya to Brahma and asked that their brotherly love would be unbreakable and no one would be able to defeat them. Consequently they conquered every god and Daitya. With these powers they asked Vishvakarma to make a city for them. Thus they received Lanka where they lived in luxury. Later they were defeated by the gods and Mali was killed by Vishnu.

Sumali's wife was Ketumati with which he had ten sons - Prahastra, Akampana, Vikata, Kalikamuka, Dumraksha, Dandha, Suparshva, Sanhadi, Barkarna and four daughters - Raka, Pushpotyata, Kaikasi, and Kumbhinasi. Thataka, a Yaksha princhess, is also named as his wife. She bore Sumali two sons, Subahu and Maricha, and a daughter, Kaikesi. Kaikesi was married to sage Vishrava and their son Ravana reconqured Lanka.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumali