Motif
binding boon or promise redirects royal destiny
binding_boon_or_promise_redirects_royal_destiny
A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship 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 14047-14217 confidence: high
Ráma tells Sítá that his father’s decree commands him to flee to the woods; he says his father gave Queen Kaikeyí two boons, the preparations made for him are stopped, he must pass fourteen years in Daṇḍak forest, and Bharat is made heir.
Ráma explains that two boons given to Queen Kaikeyí and an earlier vow bind his father, halt Ráma’s preparations, and lead to Bharat’s succession and Ráma’s forest exile.
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