Motif
Faithful spouse follows into hardship
faithful_spouse_follows_into_hardship
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto V. Sarabhanga. / Canto VIII. The Hermitage. / Canto XI. Agastya. / Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow.; lines 27980-28109 confidence: high
Agastya says Sítá is wearied by the wild, has followed Ráma through woodland from wifely love, and is “Like chaste Arundhatí above, / A paragon of faithful love.”
Sítá follows Ráma through forest hardship out of wifely love and is praised as a paragon of faithful love.
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The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Canto V. Sarabhanga. / Canto VIII. The Hermitage. / Canto XI. Agastya. / Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow.; lines 27978-28107 confidence: high
The hermit greets Ráma and Lakshmaṇ with Sítá and says the rough wilderness has wearied Janak's gentle child.
Sítá's wifely love is said to have led her through the forest's troubled ways despite weariness and delicacy, and she is praised as like Arundhatí.
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