Ronggowarsito
Raden Ngabehi Ronggowarsito whose real name is Bagus Burhan, is the son of Raden Mas Pajangswara. Ronggowarsito was born in Surakarta on March 15, 1802, and died on December 24, 1873, in Surakarta, Central Java. In his childhood, Bagus Burhan became a student at the Gebang Tinatar Islamic Boarding School, Tegalsari, Ponorogo, until he became a pious young man who was good at the Koran. After completing his boarding school education, he was brought back to Surakarta, where he was appointed as Carik Kadipaten Anom with the title Mas Pajanganom. His career as a poet began in this period.
He was assigned as an abdi dalem (palace courtier) and then awarded the position of Mantri Carik with the title Mas ngabehi Sarataka, in 1822. When the Diponegoro war occurred (1825-1830), he was appointed as a palace employee as Penewu Carik Kadipaten Anom replacing his father who died in a Dutch prison in 1830. As Panewu Carik, he received the title of Raden Ngabehi Ronggowarsito.
His career as a writer began when he was still Mantri Carik at Kadipeten Anom. At that time he wrote Serat Jayengbaya. As an intellectual, Ronggowarsito wrote many things about the side of life. His thoughts about the world of Sufism are contained among others in Serat Wirid Hidayat Jati, in his social observations contained in Serat Kalatidha, and his superiority in the world of divination he puts in Serat Jaka Lodhang, even in one of his works, namely in Serat Sabda Jati, there is a prophecy about his own death. Ronggowarsito’s total works are about 50 works written in the form of sekar macapat (poetry) and prose.
Prediction of the Indonesia Independence Day
Ronggowarsito lived during the Dutch colonial period. He witnessed for himself how the Javanese people suffered, especially when the Cultivation Program was implemented after the Diponegoro War. In this apprehensive atmosphere, Ranggawarsita predicted the coming of independence, namely later in the year of Wiku Sapta Ngesthi Janma.
The sentence consisting of four words is contained in Serat Jaka Lodhang, and is a Suryasengkala sentence which, if interpreted, will result in the number 7-7-8-1. Suryasengkala’s reading is reversed from back to front, namely 1877 Saka, which coincides with 1945 AD, the year of the independence of the Republic of Indonesia.
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