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Yudistiro 1

Height 63.5 cm, width 26 cm
Order Number: SPC139

Background: He was the oldest of the 5 princely Pandawa brothers and semi-divine. A model leader, never lying or showing anger, an intellectual, who meditates. He ruled his kingdom of Ngamarta with perfect justice. He had no weapon, unlike the other heroes, but he did have the Kalimasada, which was a holy book containing the secrets of religion and the universe.

No showy ornaments, his aristocratic head gently inclined, he was the ideal Priest-King, but he did have a weakness for gambling. He fell into a trap devised by Sangkuni, the evil genius of the Kurawa, and lost all his possessions, then his kingdom, then his freedom and finally that of his brothers and his wife, Dewi Drupadi, to the Kurawa in a game of dice.

Bimo cursed the Kurawa and vowed to tear Dursasono limb from limb with his nails and rip Sangkuni’s jaws apart. This he did on the ninth day of the last war.

After the Pandawa won the last war, they set off for Mahameru, the Universal Mountain, but they all fell exhausted. Only Yudistiro reached the gate of heaven. He refused to enter unless they were all allowed in and