Motif
mourner as fallen heavenly body
mourner_as_fallen_heavenly_body
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Tears, Transformation, and Memorialization. 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 XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers. / Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled.; lines 19553-19673 confidence: medium
Kauśalyá and Sumitrá, exhausted by weeping for their sons, sleep near the king; Kauśalyá’s color and lustre are gone, and Sumitrá’s tear-wet face no longer shines with beauty.
Kauśalyá is described as lustreless and compared to a star obscured by cloud and to a star hurled down from the sky.
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