Topeng Sidha Karya: A Balinese Mask Dance - Yavanika

196 Kodi et al.The ceremony at Besakih has blown up. According to a divine oracleat Besakih Temple, you are the only one who can remedy theproblem and complete the ceremony. That is why we all came toinvite you into Besakih Temple.sangkya: I am invited to Besakih now?punta: To your place at the feast, Sir.sangkya: All right then, let’s go. After all I came to Bali to help. Itwas the Balinese who turned away my goodwill.punta: Forgive us and, please, forget our failures.Ceremony in Besakih Templesangkya: Saksana . . . [In the blink of an eye] [During the musicalinterlude the performers mime the journey back to Besakih.]punta: My honorable king, Brahmana Sangkya has come.dalem: (Recited by punta) Honorable Brahmana, please forgive me,since I, King Watu Renggong, tortured you without cause, withoutguilt on your part.dalem: (Recited by punta) Enak tulusakna sih inganika, lamakana Sidhaparipurna ikanang karya, tapuan Inganika byakta tan ka Sidhan.punta: (Translating) We hope you deign to help us and make ourceremony successful.sangkya: So your Excellency reverses himself. Well even if you didn’tbeg me to take over the ceremony, it is my obligation, my dharmaas a Brahmana. Sang wedadnya homo wangunan byakta ngamertaningrat kabeh. Those with knowledge of the weda, the sacred books, createceremonies to nourish the entire world. If I know something, Imust use it in this ceremony to help the world. That was my intentionwhen I came from Keling, to help you with the ceremony.Unfortunately, you couldn’t accept me as I was. But hear me now.Know that there is Tri Pramana, the three essences: bayu isenergy, sabda is sound, idep is thought. Bayu manifests itself in thepeople, providing energy for life. Sabda manifests itself in the king’sword, commanding the country. Idep manifests itself in the priest,the Brahman, nurturing the ceremony. No matter how smart theking is, without people, without the priest, he is nothing.There is also Tri Sedaka, three types of priest: those who serveSiwa (Shiva), those who serve Buda (Buddha), and those who serveBujangga (Vishnu). Siwa is on top, Buda is in the middle; Bujanggais below. Top, middle, bottom—you need all three. Siwa-Buda-Bujangga together equal the cosmos that is made up of the underworld(bhur), this world (bwah), the world of the gods (swah). I nowundertake the ceremony. Do you have the flower?