batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l7220-l7330
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passage_locator:
label: TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 7220-7330
start: '7220'
end: '7330'
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: "“I will give him the sevenfold wealth of the Arahats which I obtained under
the Bo-tree, and make him the heir of a spiritual inheritance!”"
summary: 'The passage recounts the Blessed One’s return among royal relatives: a
king questions his begging for alms and is spiritually advanced by verses; the
mother of Rāhula honors the Blessed One and is praised for self-restraint; Nanda
is led from marriage festivities into the Order; and Rāhula asks for inheritance,
prompting the Blessed One to offer spiritual wealth and have him ordained.'
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The king is agitated that the Blessed One begs for food and asks why he puts
the royal family to shame.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Blessed One says begging for daily food is the custom and descent of the
Buddhas, distinct from the king’s royal descent.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: After hearing verses and a birth story, the king attains successive spiritual
fruits and finally Arahatship while dying on the royal couch under the white canopy
of state.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: After realizing the Fruit of Conversion, the king carries the Buddha’s bowl,
conducts the Blessed One and his retinue to the palace, and serves them food.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The women of the household come to pay obeisance to the Blessed One, except
the mother of Rāhula, who stays behind and says he will come to her if she has
value in his eyes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The Blessed One visits the king’s daughter with two chief disciples, sits
on the prepared seat, and says she must not be rebuked however she welcomes him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The king’s daughter holds the Blessed One by the ankles, lays her head on
his feet, and makes obeisance.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The king reports that his daughter adopted yellow dress, one meal a day, sleeping
on a floor mat, and abstention from garlands and unguents after hearing of the
Blessed One’s practices.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: The Blessed One says the king’s daughter formerly watched over herself while
wandering among mountains without a protector and tells the Birth as the Moonsprite.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:10
text: On a day of coronation, housewarming, and Nanda’s marriage festivals, the
Buddha gives Nanda his bowl to carry and intends to make him abandon the world.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: Janapada Kalyāṇī calls after Nanda as he follows the Blessed One to the Wihāra,
and the Blessed One receives Nanda unwillingly into the Order.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:12
text: The mother of Rāhula dresses the boy in his best and sends him to ask the
Blessed One for his inheritance and treasure as his father’s son.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: Rāhula follows the Blessed One, repeatedly asking for his inheritance, and
no one prevents him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: The Blessed One decides that worldly property perishes in use and instead
will give Rāhula the sevenfold wealth of the Arahats obtained under the Bo-tree
as a spiritual inheritance.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:15
text: The Blessed One instructs Sāriputta to receive Rāhula into the Order.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: The Blessed One
description: A monk attended by many monks, identified as Rāhula’s father and as
one who follows the custom of Buddhas begging for daily food.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: The king
description: A royal figure who questions the Blessed One’s begging, serves the
Blessed One at the palace, praises his daughter, and attains spiritual fruits
and Arahatship.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Mother of Rāhula / king’s daughter
description: A woman of the household who stays behind until the Blessed One comes
to her, reveres him at his feet, and is described as imitating his ascetic practices.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Nanda
description: The king’s son whose marriage festivities are underway and who follows
the Blessed One to the Wihāra before being received into the Order unwillingly.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Janapada Kalyāṇī
description: Nanda’s bride, who sees him going away and calls out to him.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Rāhula
description: A boy sent by his mother to ask his father, the Blessed One, for inheritance,
and then instructed to be received into the Order.
role_refs:
- role:10
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Sāriputta
description: A disciple instructed by the Blessed One to receive Rāhula into the
Order.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Two chief disciples
description: Two disciples who accompany the Blessed One to the apartments of the
king’s daughter.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Women of the household
description: Women who come and do obeisance to the Blessed One, except the mother
of Rāhula.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Alms-seeking Buddha
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He states that begging for daily food is the custom of Buddhas and lives
by alms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: Spiritual instructor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: His verses and teachings lead the king to spiritual attainments.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: Giver of spiritual inheritance
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He decides to give Rāhula sevenfold wealth of the Arahats rather than worldly
property.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: Royal questioner
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The king challenges the Blessed One about begging despite royal descent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: Royal convert and host
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He realizes spiritual fruit, carries the bowl, hosts the Blessed One, and
later attains Arahatship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: Devoted householder woman
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: She waits for the Blessed One, bows at his feet, and is praised for love
and goodness of heart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: Imitator of ascetic discipline
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The king says she adopted yellow dress, one meal a day, floor sleeping, and
gave up garlands and unguents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: Reluctant ordinand
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: He follows with the bowl and is received unwillingly into the Order.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: Bride left behind
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: She calls out to Nanda as he goes away from the marriage setting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: Child heir claimant
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: He is sent to ask his father for inheritance and repeatedly asks for it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: Recipient of ordination instruction
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The Blessed One asks Sāriputta to receive him into the Order.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:12
label: Ordaining disciple
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: He is directed to receive Rāhula into the Order.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:13
label: Attendant disciples
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: They accompany the Blessed One to the king’s daughter’s apartments.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:14
label: Household worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: They come and do obeisance to the Blessed One.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Alms bowl
literal_form: The Buddha’s bowl, carried first by the king and later given to Nanda
to carry.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: Yellow robes or yellow dress
literal_form: Yellow robes worn by the Blessed One and yellow dress adopted by the
king’s daughter.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Feet obeisance
literal_form: The king’s daughter holds the Blessed One by the ankles and lays her
head on his feet.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: White canopy of state
literal_form: The white canopy under which the king is seated on the royal couch
as he is dying.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: Mountains
literal_form: Mountains where the king’s daughter is said formerly to have wandered
without a protector.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: Inheritance and treasure
literal_form: Great treasures and inheritance requested by Rāhula from his father.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: Bo-tree
literal_form: The Bo-tree under which the Blessed One says he obtained the sevenfold
wealth of the Arahats.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: Sevenfold wealth of the Arahats
literal_form: Spiritual wealth offered to Rāhula in place of perishable worldly
property.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: Wihāra
literal_form: The monastery or residence to which Nanda follows the Blessed One.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: King questions alms-begging and receives teaching
summary: The king objects to the Blessed One begging for food; the Blessed One distinguishes
royal descent from the succession of Buddhas and teaches verses that lead the
king to spiritual attainments.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Palace meal and household obeisance
summary: The king carries the bowl, brings the Blessed One and his retinue to the
palace, serves food, and the household women come to make obeisance except the
mother of Rāhula.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Visit to the mother of Rāhula
summary: The Blessed One visits the king’s daughter, who reveres him at his feet;
the king recounts her disciplined imitation of the Blessed One, and the Blessed
One refers to a former birth in which she guarded herself among mountains.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Nanda led from marriage festivities into the Order
summary: During royal and marriage festivals, the Buddha gives Nanda his bowl to
carry, departs, and Nanda follows him to the Wihāra despite his bride’s call;
he is received unwillingly into the Order.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Rāhula asks for inheritance
summary: The mother of Rāhula sends the boy to ask his father for treasure and inheritance;
Rāhula follows the Blessed One repeating the request.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Spiritual inheritance and ordination of Rāhula
summary: The Blessed One considers worldly property perishable and chooses to give
Rāhula the sevenfold wealth obtained under the Bo-tree, directing Sāriputta to
receive him into the Order.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Renunciation of royal or household life
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The passage contrasts royal descent and worldly status with the alms-going
life; Nanda is drawn away from marriage festivities and received into the Order.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents specific Buddhist ordination and alms practice; broader
motif labeling should not erase this context.
- id: motif:2
label: Initiation into the religious order
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Nanda is received into the Order, and Rāhula is to be received into the Order
by Sāriputta.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The exact ritual details of ordination are not described in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: Spiritual inheritance replacing worldly inheritance
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Rāhula asks for paternal treasure and inheritance, but the Blessed One decides
to give him the sevenfold wealth of the Arahats and make him heir to a spiritual
inheritance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate because the passage describes substitution
of inheritance rather than a reciprocal exchange.
- id: motif:4
label: Wisdom expressed as self-restraint
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The king’s daughter is praised for adopting disciplined practices, and the
Blessed One says that formerly she watched over herself even without a protector.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage explicitly mentions her wisdom but gives only a brief allusion
to the former birth story.
- id: motif:5
label: Sacred tree as source-place of spiritual attainment
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_tree_axis
basis: The Blessed One identifies the Bo-tree as the place where he obtained the
sevenfold wealth of the Arahats that he will give Rāhula as spiritual inheritance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions the Bo-tree briefly and does not develop an axis
mundi or world-center image in this excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7220-7249
quote_or_summary: The king challenges the Blessed One’s begging because of royal
descent; the Blessed One replies that Buddhas from Dīpaŋkara to Kassapa begged
for alms, utters verses on holy life and virtue, and the king attains spiritual
fruits and finally Arahatship while dying under the white canopy.
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 7250-7256
quote_or_summary: After realizing the Fruit of Conversion, the king takes the Buddha’s
bowl, conducts the Blessed One and his retinue to the palace, serves food, and
the household women come to do obeisance except the mother of Rāhula.
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 7257-7283
quote_or_summary: The mother of Rāhula says the Blessed One will come to her if
she has value in his eyes; he visits with two chief disciples, she bows at his
feet, and the king recounts her adoption of yellow dress, one meal, floor sleeping,
and renunciation of garlands and unguents. The Blessed One says she formerly watched
over herself while wandering among mountains and tells the Moonsprite birth story.
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 7284-7294
quote_or_summary: During coronation, housewarming, and Nanda’s marriage festivals,
the Buddha gives Nanda his bowl to carry in order to make him abandon the world.
Janapada Kalyāṇī calls after Nanda, who follows the Blessed One to the Wihāra
and is received unwillingly into 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:5
type: summary
locator: lines 7295-7308
quote_or_summary: The mother of Rāhula arrays the boy in his best, points out the
Blessed One as his father, and tells him to ask for the great treasures and inheritance
proper to a son.
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: quote
locator: lines 7309-7330
quote_or_summary: Rāhula follows the Blessed One asking for his inheritance. The
Blessed One reflects that worldly wealth perishes and says, “I will give him the
sevenfold wealth of the Arahats which I obtained under the Bo-tree, and make him
the heir of a spiritual inheritance!” He then tells Sāriputta to receive Rāhula
into the Order.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The narrative sequence and named figures are explicit. Motif assignments
are candidate-level and rely on available broad taxonomy labels; no comparison
claims were made because the passage itself does not support cross-tradition comparison.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
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