Motif
lament over the fallen warrior by mother and widow
lament_over_the_fallen_warrior_by_mother_and_widow
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Mourning Kin. 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 4972-5112 confidence: high
Subhadra mourns Abhimanyu, imagines his body on the battlefield near jackals and vultures, calls the world cheerless without him, and mentions his joyless wife; Draupadi tears her hair and Matsya's princess weeps as a young widow.
Subhadra laments Abhimanyu's body, the void left in home and world, and the grief of his young princess-wife; Draupadi also mourns.
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