Motif
counsel ignored before pursuit
counsel_ignored_before_pursuit
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Pride, Greed, and Hubris. 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 XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer.; lines 31978-32077 confidence: medium
Lakshmaṇ warns that the wondrous deer may be the fiend Márícha, who uses magic guile and deer form; he says earlier kings were slain by similar deceit and that no natural deer has such gold and jewel-like beauty.
Lakshmaṇ warns that the deer is magical deceit, but Sítá turns his prudent speech aside and urges Ráma to obtain it.
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