Motif
desolate capital as omen of disaster
desolate_capital_as_omen_of_disaster
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Civic, Marriage, and Communal Signs. 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 LXII. Dasaratha Consoled. / Canto LXVI. The Embalming. / Canto LXVII. The Praise Of Kings. / Canto LXVIII. The Envoys.; lines 20171-20343 confidence: high
“Seems to my eager eyes to-day / A lifeless pile of yellow clay.”
Bharat finds Ayodhyā silent, joyless, and stripped of ordinary civic sound, fragrance, music, animal cries, and public movement, and he interprets this as ominous.
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