Motif
rejection of unjust paternal command
rejection_of_unjust_paternal_command
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Family and Kinship Order. 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 VI. The City Decorated. / Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence.; lines 12983-13145 confidence: medium
Lakshmana says Rama should not submit to exile, calls the king aged and subject to Kaikeyi’s will, and insists Rama is faultless and beloved even by foes.
Lakshmana argues that a son should not obey a senseless order from a father who can no longer discern right and wrong.
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