Motif
Army made leaderless by champion's fall
army_made_leaderless_by_champion_s_fall
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family. 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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Maha-bharata BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA / BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA; lines 5654-5797 confidence: high
After Karna lies lifeless, Kripa tells Duryodhan that the Kuru forces are leaderless, likened to moonless darkness, a dried river, and wood consumed by fire.
After Karna's death, Kripa describes the Kuru forces as leaderless, lordless, and lost in darkness.
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