Motif
Leaderless army after champion's death
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A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. 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 IX / DRONA-BADHA / BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA; lines 5654-5797 confidence: high
After Karna lies lifeless, Kripa tells Duryodhan that the Kuru forces are leaderless like moonless midnight, warns that Arjun, Bhima, and Satyaki will destroy them, and urges the battle to cease.
After Karna lies dead, Kripa says the Kuru forces are leaderless and lost like moonless midnight.
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