Motif
inviolability and release of a herald
inviolability_and_release_of_a_herald
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Hospitality and Treatment of Strangers. 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 BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March. / Canto XI. The Summons. / Canto XX. The Spies.; lines 49782-49893 confidence: high
Śuka appeals to Rāma that heralds must never be slain; Rāma orders the Vānars to forbear, and Śuka rises again to ask Sugrīva what answer Rāvaṇ should receive.
Śuka argues that heralds must not be slain, and Rāma twice restrains the Vānars, first from beating him and later from keeping him bound.
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