Motif
filial obedience to a father’s decree
filial_obedience_to_a_father_s_decree
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 IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence. / Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed.; lines 13924-14045 confidence: medium
Kauśalyá kisses and embraces Ráma, tells him to go, blesses his safe return to Ayodhyá, and speaks of seeing him rule after the forest exile.
Kauśalyá speaks of Ráma as faithful to his sire’s decree, and Ráma is described as cleaving to duty.
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