Motif
counsel awakens dormant heroic valor
counsel_awakens_dormant_heroic_valor
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. 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 XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge. / Canto XXVI. The Coronation.; lines 40988-41155 confidence: medium
Lakshman, troubled for Rama, urges him to be strong, says tears will harm the enterprise, calls for the demon foe to be destroyed after the rains, and compares valor to a dormant flame awakened by oil in worship.
Lakshman urges Rama to overcome sorrow and compares renewed valor to a dormant flame made to blaze by drops of oil in worship.
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