Motif
prophecy-like lament for ruined survivors
prophecy_like_lament_for_ruined_survivors
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Grief Imagery and Song. 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 VI / GO-HARANA / BOOK VII / UDYOGA; lines 3821-3930 confidence: medium
Vidura says he grieves for Duryodhan's father and the aged Kuru queen; he imagines sons, grandsons, friends, and kin slaughtered or wandering homeless and friendless like a bird bereft of plumage.
Vidura describes future survivors as homeless, friendless, kinless wanderers who curse the day of Duryodhan's birth.
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