"Sumantri, destroy me, before I destroy you," says the king Widarba, boasting of himself.
He puffs out his chest, crossing his arms behind his back and inviting Sumantri to attack him. Sumantri hits him, but it does not hurt his opponent. He tries to beat him even harder, but Prabu Darmawasesa does not lose his footing. Sumantri is curious, he jumps up and kicks his opponent's chest hard, and it is not his opponent who falls, but he himself is bounced and nearly falls to the ground. Maespati's troops are amazed. Was their warlord is really so weak? Meanwhile, the troops of Widarba and Jonggarba cheer and shout. This is the time when the Princess of Magada will fall in the hands of the king of Widarba.
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Prabu Darmawasesa himself does not think that his opponent is so weak. In response to his bravery, he makes a counter attack. When he strikes, he pours out his punches without much force. He even ridicules Sumantri with his punches. While laughing out loud, he thinks fighting against Sumantri is as light as carrying Dewi Citrawati on his back. Sumantri blushes. He attacks with all his strength, but why does his opponent seem to be playing around? He attacks and attacks again. His spirit is lifted upon hearing the screams of the opposing troops, who mock his defeat. Maespati's troops are silent, seeing that their warlord has been conquered. Sumantri is devastated and imagines that maybe this is the end of his chivalry journey.
The soldiers of Maespati scream in defeat, thinking their warlord has been crushed.
On the tip of this life and death, the words of Sukrosono, his younger brother, flash back to him. Why did choose to live as a knight, while both of them could spend their lives in Jatisrana happily? Remembering this, Sukrosono suddenly appears in front of his eyes. He sees Sukrosono like the moon breaking the clouds, while the sky rings out with its wailing. But all these shadows vanish when he hears Prabu Darmawasesa furiously about to pounce him. Sumantri feels that his death will soon come. Therefore, without realizing it, he tries to defend himself as much as he can. He pulls out the Cakrabaskara heirloom that is stored on his back. But before he has the chance to spread his gandewa, Prabu Darmawasesa grins viciously, showing his sharp fangs, then bites Sumantri's neck deeply. Sumantri falls to the ground and seems to be struggling with his death. The soldiers of Maespati scream in defeat, thinking their warlord has been crushed.
But simultaneously, with the collapse of Sumantri, the sky brings down thousands of demons. The demons descend like a thousand moons. It turns out that they are Candrabhairawa demons, who came to the Magada battlefield with Sukrosono. As soon as their feet hit the ground, thunder is heard like an earthquake, throwing the troops of both Maespati and Widarba to the edges of the battlefield.
And the demons stand as a fence that prevents the soldiers from advancing. In the distant sky, the moon circles brightly, while on the battlefield, a thousand moons circle the fence. In the middle of the circle of the moons, Sumantri and Sukrosono are present, as though the two of them are not on a battlefield.
Sumantri's eyes flicker. He knows his younger brother has suddenly come to his side, but at the same time, he realizes that death will soon come for him.
"You should not die, my older brother," says Sukrosono sadly. He hugs his brother, who is covered with blood from the bite of Prabu Darmawasesa's fangs.
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Sukrosono does not know what to do. He just doesn’t want his brother to leave him. Driven by his desire to share his life, he immediately puts a scarf around his older brother's neck. It is his older brother's favorite scarf, left by their mother, which his older brother wrapped around him when he left him in the Rarasati forest. Holding the scarf, Sukrosono looks up at the moon and begs his mother to come to help him. He imagines his mother coming and carrying him and his older brother, as his mother wanted to before he was thrown away to the Jatirasa forest. It was at that time that he and his older brother lived together and were inseparable. It seems, it is too much for him when he has to be present in the world. He does not want to ask for anything more, except to be able to experience the sharing of life between the two of them with his mother's scarf. He feels his mother granting his wish and telling him to blow a breath into his older brother's mouth.
Sumantri blinks at the moon and he realizes that he is alive in his younger brother's arms.
Sukrosono immediately hugs his older brother, blows his breath with all his strength into his brother's mouth. And he does it with the intention that he really wants to give his life, if necessary by losing his life, as long as his brother does not die. In the sky the moon laughs, remembering when it was a witness to the moment Sumantri and Sukrosono were made in their mother's womb, when their mother was enjoying the throws of lust in the Jatisrana courtyard. Birth and death are very close together, like twins in one scarf. So, when death approaches, birth will pick it up. This is what happens to Sumantri when Sukrosono gives his life for his older brother. Sukrosono's breath revives Sumantri, who is on the verge of death. Sumantri blinks at the moon and he realizes that he is alive in his younger brother's arms.
"Sukrosono, you’ve saved my life, my younger brother," says Sumantri sobbing.
"I always follow you, my older brother. I don't want to be separated from you," Sukrosono looks at his brother with love. Sumantri is stunned to see his younger brother's sincere love like the full moon. That love makes Sukrosono forget that he had been abandoned by his older brother carelessly.
"I had the heart to leave you, but now you have come to save me," Sumantri says slowly, rubbing his younger brother's head, full of regret.
"Never mind my older brother, forget everything. Prabu Darmawasesa has not disappeared, that is what we must now resolve. Let me deal with him," says Sukrosono.
"No, Sukrosono, he is too strong to be defeated," Sumantri says.
(This article was translated by Hyginus Hardoyo).
