Motif
wine and sensual pleasure as causes of neglected duty
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Revealed Command and Divine Authorization. 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 XIV. The Challenge. / Canto XXVI. The Coronation. / Canto XXVIII. The Rains. / Canto XXXI. The Envoy.; lines 41805-41957 confidence: high
Lakshman tells Tara that Sugriva spends his days in pleasure, neglects duty, friends, state affairs, and the agreed four months in which he should have helped Rama’s side.
Lakshman says Sugriva is a slave to pleasure, bound by pleasure, and that draughts of wine destroy virtue, gain, love, and joy.
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