Motif
Anger of defeated suitors after bride award
anger_of_defeated_suitors_after_bride_award
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK I / ASTRA DARSANA / BOOK II / SWAYAMVARA; lines 889-1036 confidence: medium
After the feat, shouts, applause, heavenly blossoms, heavenly music, conch, trumpet, bards, and heralds proclaim Arjun's deed, while chiefs mutter in anger.
After Arjun's victory and Drupad's recognition, irritated chiefs mutter in rage and the suitors object to the bride being given to a Brahman.
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