Motif
merciful release of captured spies
merciful_release_of_captured_spies
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Justice, Mercy, and Judicial Procedure. 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 XXI. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains.; lines 50650-50821 confidence: high
Vibhishaṇ recognizes the giant spies and orders them bound; Śárdúla nearly dies under the Vánars’ hands, but Ráma mercifully frees all the spies and sends them away.
Ráma frees the bound spies and allows them to return to Lanká after Vibhishaṇ detects them.
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