Kidung Sunda
In this poem, the story of King Hayam Wuruk of Majapahit who was looking for a bride-to-be, is narrated.
The princess' name has remained undisclosed in this story, however, she corresponds to Dyah Pitaloka Citraresmi in Pararaton.
Hayam Wuruk's grand vizier Gajah Mada, betrayed his king and rejected this idea.
Gajah Mada considered Sunda to be a vassal state of Java.
For that reason, a great battle took place in Bubat, the port where the Sundanese party landed as they refused to be treated as vassals.
The grieved princess of Sunda committed suicide not long afterward.
He sent emissaries throughout Nusantara (Maritime Southeast Asia) to find a suitable bride for him.
Thus the picture of the beautiful princess of Sunda enchanted king Hayam Wuruk.
This time it was an important official, whose name was Madhu, to Sunda to ask for the hand of the princess.
Ten days later the chief head of the port in Bubat reported that the Sundanese party was already visible.
He held the view that a great king of Majapahit should not receive a vassal kingdom such as Sunda in such a manner.
The king of Sunda then sent an envoy, consisting of the grand vizier, Anèpakěn, three other dignitaries, and some 300 footmen.
The Sundanese envoy went away after they got an assurance that the king of Majapahit would present them with a final decision within two days.
In the meantime, after the king of Sunda received the news, he stated that he was not willing to serve as a vassal.
He told his men his decision that it was better to die on the battlefield as a ksatriya (warrior) than to live on, only to be humiliated by the Majapahit Javanese.
After that, the king of Sunda came to his wife and daughter and told them to return home.
The Majapahit army consisted of footmen, dignitaries, the grand vizier Gajah Mada, and finally Hayam Wuruk and both his uncles.
In the beginning, many Majapahit Javanese perished, but in the end, the Sundanese bit the dust.
After that, the women of the soldiers committed ritual suicide on the corpses of their husbands.
So accordingly, he put on his religious attire and began to meditate and to perform yoga.
Kidung Sunda has to be considered as a literary work of art and not as a reliable historical chronicle.
There is no mention of impossibilities, exaggerations beyond belief, and supernatural things, except for the disappearance of Gajah Mada (his moksha).
In the story, there are mentions of bedil (gunpowder weapon or firearm), but these do not prove to be a valid criterion to date the text.
In the 1293 Mongol invasion of Java, Chinese–Mongol troops used pào (Chinese for cannon) against Kediri forces.
Kidung Sunda contains some Perso-Arabic loanwords such as kabar (news) and subandar (harbourmaster).
Just as in Berg's edition, no distinction between retroflex and dental stops is made.
