Motif
mourning over the slain royal warrior
mourning_over_the_slain_royal_warrior
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Lament for the Fallen Warrior. 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 X / KARNA-BADHA / BOOK XI / SRADDHA; lines 6115-6263 confidence: high
Gandhari wakes in sorrow, sees her bloodied son under the open sky, clasps Duryodhan to her breast, and weeps over his decorated head.
The passage centers on lamentation over Duryodhan's body, contrasting his past royal splendor with his present death and the grief of mother and widow.
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