Motif
Hero pauses battle to restore exhausted steeds
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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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Maha-bharata BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA / BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA; lines 5114-5254 confidence: high
Krishna says the horses are failing and need rest; Arjun alights and guards by a green shady tree while Krishna tends the wounded horses, waters them by a river, gives fodder and rest, and harnesses them again.
The combat mission pauses while Krishna treats, waters, feeds, rests, and re-harnesses Arjun's wounded horses.
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