Motif
Bereaved hero’s lament for missing wife
bereaved_hero_s_lament_for_missing_wife
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family. 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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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved.; lines 34913-35099 confidence: high
The narrator says Ráma gives vent to sorrow and laments for his wife; Lakshmaṇ grows pale and fearful.
Ráma’s speech centers on grief, despair, self-blame, and repeated lament for his absent wife, while the narrator describes him as reft of love and weighed down by sorrow.
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