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spouse insists on sharing the hero’s exile

spouse_insists_on_sharing_the_hero_s_exile

A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Faithful Spouse. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

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hindu

  • The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence. / Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed.; lines 14047-14217 confidence: high

    Sita rejects Rama’s speech and argues that wife alone must share her husband’s fate; therefore the command sending Rama to the wild extends to her.

    Sita says a wife must share her husband’s fate, asks to accompany Rama to the wild, and swears to die if separated from him.

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