Motif
filial obedience over personal gain
filial_obedience_over_personal_gain
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Family and Kinship Order. 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 VI. The City Decorated. / Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence.; lines 12700-12861 confidence: high
The king cries 'Woe! woe!', swoons on a gold-wrought couch, and Rama raises him; Kaikeyi continues to urge Rama with harsh words, which he hears serenely.
Rama identifies obedience to the father's word as paramount and refuses to remain for gain or empire.
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