Motif
auspicious omen contrasted with grief
auspicious_omen_contrasted_with_grief
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception 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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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence. / Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed.; lines 13924-14045 confidence: medium
Sítá trembles, observes Ráma’s anguish, pallor, sweat, and grief, and asks why he grieves when Vrihaspati and the moon in Pushya are declared auspicious.
Sítá cites favorable celestial signs and then asks why Ráma’s visible condition is filled with grief and care.
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