Motif
anger restrained by dharmic kinship appeal
anger_restrained_by_dharmic_kinship_appeal
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Family and Kinship Order. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXVIII. The Envoys. / Canto LXXV. The Abjuration. / Canto LXXVI. The Funeral. / Canto LXXVII. The Gathering Of The Ashes.; lines 21310-21424 confidence: medium
Bharat restrains Śatrughna: “Forgive! thine angry arm restrain: / A woman never may be slain,” adding that Ráma would condemn killing Kaikeyí or the maid.
Bharat stops Śatrughna’s violent rage by invoking the rule against killing a woman and Ráma’s likely condemnation of such violence.
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