Motif
Battlefield vow restores heroic action
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A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Battle, Heroic, and Trophy Vows. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK VII / UDYOGA / BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA; lines 4216-4366 confidence: high
Krishna, Arjun's chariot-driver, sees the broken Pandav forces and rebukes Arjun against shameful flight.
After Krishna's rebuke and attempted intervention, Arjun pledges by kin to meet the foe and then advances in battle.
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