batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l13100-l13229
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE
STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE
FOOLS.; lines 13100-13229
start: '13100'
end: '13229'
translation: Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A frame story reports a monk who is submissive in one situation but proud
and angry in another. The Teacher tells a former-birth story in which Nanda, a
slave entrusted with knowledge of buried gold, becomes insolent whenever he stands
over the treasure. A young heir consults the Bodisat, who identifies the spot
through Nanda's behavior and advises him how to recover the treasure. The Teacher
identifies Nanda with the present monk and the wise squire with himself. The passage
then begins another Jātaka, introducing Anātha Piṇḍika as a generous patron who
continually gives offerings to the Buddhist community, loses buried wealth to
floodwater, and maintains food for monks.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A mendicant is described as slave-like in one place and proud, angry, and
refusing requests in another.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Teacher says the same behavior occurred in a former birth and begins a
story at Sāriputta's request.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: An old landowner, fearing that his young wife might remarry and squander his
wealth after his death, buries money in the forest with Nanda the slave as witness.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The old landowner instructs Nanda to tell his son the location of the treasure
after his death and to be careful that the wood is not sold.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: After the son comes of age, his mother tells him that his father buried money
with Nanda and says he should recover it to set the family estates in order.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: When Nanda stands on the spot above the treasure, he becomes proud and abuses
the young master instead of pointing out the money.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The young master does not answer harshly and later consults the Bodisat about
Nanda's behavior.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The Bodisat explains that the treasure must be exactly where Nanda stands
while insolent and instructs the young man to remove him, dig there, retrieve
the treasure, and make Nanda carry it home.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The young squire follows the Bodisat's instructions, recovers the treasure,
orders the family estates, gives gifts, performs good works, and dies according
to his deeds.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The Teacher identifies Nanda as the monk under Sāriputta and the wise squire
as himself.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Anātha Piṇḍika is introduced as a patron who expends great wealth on the Buddhist
Faith and regards only the Three Treasures as treasure.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Anātha Piṇḍika attends services daily and brings offerings such as porridge,
ghee, butter, honey, molasses, perfumes, garlands, and robes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: Traders owe Anātha Piṇḍika large sums that he does not demand back, and family
property buried in a river bank is washed by a storm into the sea.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: Anātha Piṇḍika keeps rice ready for five hundred members of the Order, and
his house is compared to a public pool at a four-road meeting place.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Teacher / Master
description: The Teacher explains the present monk's behavior through a former-birth
story and later identifies the wise squire as himself.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sāriputta
description: An elder to whom the complaint about the monk is addressed and at whose
request the Teacher tells the story.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: mendicant monk under Sāriputta
description: A monk described as submissive in one place but proud and angry in
another; later identified with Nanda.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Bodisat / wise squire
description: A landowner and friend of the old landowner who interprets Nanda's
behavior and advises the heir how to recover the treasure.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: old landowner
description: A friend of the Bodisat who buries his money in the forest before dying.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: young wife / mother
description: The old landowner's young wife, later the mother who tells her son
to recover the buried money.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: son / young master / young squire
description: The old landowner's son who seeks the buried treasure, consults the
Bodisat, and recovers the treasure.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Nanda
description: A house slave who knows the place of the buried treasure and becomes
insolent when standing over it; later identified with the present monk.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Anātha Piṇḍika
description: A wealthy patron of the Buddhist Faith who makes continual offerings
and maintains food for members of the Order.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: members of the Order
description: The Buddhist community receiving offerings and regular food at Anātha
Piṇḍika's house.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Supreme Buddha and Eighty Chief Elders
description: Visitors to Anātha Piṇḍika's residence because of his support of the
Order.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: teacher of former-birth explanation
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Teacher says the behavior occurred before, tells the Jātaka, and establishes
the identities at the end.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: elder receiving report
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sāriputta is addressed about the monk and requests the story.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: proud subordinate
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:8
basis: The present monk and Nanda are both described as slave-like or subordinate
in one situation but proud or insolent in another.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: wise advisor
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Bodisat explains the cause of Nanda's insolence and gives successful
instructions for recovering the treasure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: concealer of wealth
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The old landowner buries his money underground in the forest before his death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: family informant
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The mother tells her son that his father buried money with Nanda and instructs
him to recover it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: heir and treasure recoverer
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The son seeks the buried money and later recovers it after following the
Bodisat's advice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: witness to hidden treasure
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Nanda accompanies the old landowner when the treasure is buried and knows
its location.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: religious patron and donor
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Anātha Piṇḍika expends great wealth on the Buddhist Faith and gives offerings
day after day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: role:10
label: religious recipients and visitors
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
basis: Members of the Order, the Buddha, and Elders receive support or visit Anātha
Piṇḍika's residence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: buried gold treasure
literal_form: money, golden heap, jewelled gold buried under the earth in the forest
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: forest treasure spot
literal_form: a certain spot in the forest where the treasure is buried and where
Nanda stands when insolent
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: spade and bag
literal_form: tools taken by the young master when going to recover the treasure
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Three Treasures
literal_form: the Buddha, the Truth, and the Order, described as the only treasure
Anātha Piṇḍika values
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: daily offerings
literal_form: porridge, ghee, butter, honey, molasses, perfumes, garlands, and robes
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:6
label: river bank and ocean
literal_form: buried family property washed from a broken river bank into the sea
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:7
label: public pool at four roads
literal_form: Anātha Piṇḍika's house compared to a public pool dug where four high
roads meet
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Frame complaint and former-birth setup
summary: A complaint is made about a monk's inconsistent behavior, and the Teacher
says the same pattern occurred in a former birth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Old landowner hides treasure
summary: An old landowner hides money in the forest with Nanda and commands him
to reveal it later to the son.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Heir attempts to recover the treasure
summary: The son seeks the treasure after his mother tells him of it, but Nanda
becomes abusive when standing over the buried wealth.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Consultation with the Bodisat
summary: The young man consults the Bodisat, who identifies the abusive spot as
the location of the treasure and gives precise instructions.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Treasure recovered and Jātaka identified
summary: The young squire follows the advice, recovers the treasure, performs good
works, and the Teacher identifies the characters' later births.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Anātha Piṇḍika's religious giving
summary: Anātha Piṇḍika continually attends services and brings offerings to the
Buddhist community while valuing the Three Treasures above other wealth.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Wealth lost and household made a place of support
summary: Loans are left uncollected, buried property is washed to the ocean, and
Anātha Piṇḍika's house supplies rice for monks and is likened to a public pool.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: wise advisor infers hidden treasure from strange behavior
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Bodisat interprets Nanda's insolence as a sign of the treasure's exact
location, and the advice successfully leads to recovery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage does not name an external
motif type.
- id: motif:2
label: former-birth continuity of character
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: The Teacher frames the monk's present behavior as a repetition of behavior
in a former birth and identifies Nanda with the monk.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses Jātaka rebirth framing, but the available taxonomy label
is broad and not specific to karmic identity across births.
- id: motif:3
label: hidden wealth guarded by a subordinate witness
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The old landowner entrusts knowledge of buried money to Nanda, whose conduct
obstructs the heir until the treasure is recovered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches hidden or buried treasure.
- id: motif:4
label: religious giving as valued treasure
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Anātha Piṇḍika spends great wealth on the Buddhist Faith, brings offerings
to services, and regards the Three Treasures as his true treasure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage introduces this as background for the next Jātaka; the full
narrative development lies beyond the supplied range.
- id: motif:5
label: worldly wealth lost to water contrasted with religious generosity
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Family property buried in a river bank is washed into the sea, while Anātha
Piṇḍika continues supporting the Order.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The contrast is suggested by juxtaposition in the passage, but the supplied
excerpt does not yet state an explicit moral interpretation.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13100-13103
quote_or_summary: A speaker reports to Sāriputta that a mendicant in his division
is like a bought slave in one place but proud, angry, and disobedient in another.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 13105-13110
quote_or_summary: The Teacher says the monk behaved the same way in a former birth
and tells the story at the Elder's request.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 13114-13130
quote_or_summary: In the reign of Brahma-datta, the Bodisat is a landowner. An old
landowner hides money in the forest with Nanda the slave and instructs him to
tell the son where it is after his death.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 13132-13137
quote_or_summary: After the father dies and the son comes of age, the mother tells
him that his father buried money with Nanda and that he should recover it to order
the family estates.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 13139-13152
quote_or_summary: The son takes a spade and bag to the forest with Nanda; when Nanda
stands over the treasure spot, he becomes proud and abuses the young master. The
pattern repeats on a later visit.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 13154-13163
quote_or_summary: The young man refrains from harsh reply, recognizes that Nanda
intends to point out the treasure but becomes insolent at the place, and goes
to ask the Bodisat the reason.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 13165-13175
quote_or_summary: The Bodisat says the treasure must be on the spot where Nanda
is insolent and instructs the young man to remove Nanda, dig, take out the treasure,
and make Nanda carry it home; he states the same in verse about the golden heap.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 13177-13182
quote_or_summary: The young squire follows the Bodisat's directions, recovers the
treasure, orders the estates, gives gifts, performs good works, and dies according
to his deeds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 13185-13191
quote_or_summary: 'The Teacher concludes the discourse by connecting the births:
Nanda was the monk under Sāriputta, and the wise squire was the Teacher himself.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 13198-13205
quote_or_summary: 'The next Jātaka begins. Anātha Piṇḍika is said to have spent
immense wealth on the Buddhist Faith and to value only the Three Treasures: the
Buddha, the Truth, and the Order.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 13207-13215
quote_or_summary: 'Anātha Piṇḍika attends services daily and brings offerings: porridge
in the morning, ghee, butter, honey, and molasses after breakfast, and perfumes,
garlands, and robes in the evening.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 13215-13223
quote_or_summary: Traders owe him large sums that he does not ask back. Other family
property buried in a river bank is washed away by a storm to the sea, with sealed
brazen pots sinking to the ocean bottom.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 13223-13229
quote_or_summary: His house keeps rice ready for five hundred members of the Order;
it is compared to a public pool at a four-road meeting place, and the Buddha,
Eighty Chief Elders, and many other monks come and go.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is strongly supported by the supplied passage. Motif candidates
use broad available taxonomy labels where applicable; no external comparison claims
were made.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
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extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
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The supplied range contains the conclusion of the Nanda on the Buried Gold Jātaka and the opening background of the Khadirangāra Jātaka; the latter is incomplete in this passage.
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