Description in the Javanese wayang retellings: King of Wirata, known as Durgandana in his youth. He helped the Pandawa in numerous occasions, most notably when they were building Amarta. The Pandawa served him at the end of their 13-year exile. He died defending the Pandawa in the Baratayuda war, together with all his sons. Other versions, said he achieved perfect death and was incarnated into a fish, before the beginning of the war.
Notes on the Indian retellings: King Virata was the ruler of the Matsya Kingdom. The Pandavas served him during their final year of exile, as they needed to spend that year in disguise. His daughter Uttara married Arjuna's son, Abhimanyu.
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Characters in the same scene (adegan) as Mangsahpati