batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l9980-l10043
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l9980-l10043
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: END OF THE STORY ON A HAPPY LIFE. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BANYAN DEER.
/ END OF THE STORY OF THE DART OF LOVE. / END OF THE STORY OF THE SWIFT ANTELOPE.;
lines 9980-10043
start: '9980'
end: '10043'
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: The Master addresses an abusive monk who refuses admonition, then tells
a former-birth story in which the Bodisat, as a stag, is asked by his sister to
teach her son the devices of deer. The nephew misses the appointed lessons, disregards
seven admonitions, is caught in a snare, and is killed by a hunter. The Master
identifies the former nephew deer with the present monk, the sister with Uppala-vaṇṇā,
and the admonishing deer with himself.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A monk is described as abusive and unwilling to accept admonition.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Master says the monk had formerly refused wise admonition, was caught
in a snare, and came to destruction.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: In the former-birth story, the Bodisat becomes a stag living in the forest
with a herd.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The sister-roe Kharādiyā gives her son into the Bodisat's charge so that he
may teach him the devices of deer.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The nephew fails to attend at the appointed time for learning.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: After disregarding seven admonitions and not learning the devices of deer,
the nephew is caught in a snare.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The Bodisat says he will no longer try to teach one who transgresses a seventh
time.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: A hunter kills the wilful deer caught in the snare, takes his flesh, and departs.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The closing connection identifies the nephew deer as the abusive monk, the
sister as Uppala-vaṇṇā, and the admonishing deer as the Master himself.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: The Master / Bodisat / admonishing deer
description: The Master tells the present discourse and identifies himself with
the former admonishing deer; in the former story the Bodisat is a stag who is
asked to teach his nephew.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Abusive monk / nephew deer
description: A monk described as abusive and unwilling to accept admonition is identified
with the former nephew deer who did not learn and was caught in a snare.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Kharādiyā / sister-roe / Uppala-vaṇṇā
description: The Bodisat's sister-roe, named Kharādiyā, asks him to teach her son;
the closing connection identifies her as Uppala-vaṇṇā.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Hunter
description: The hunter kills the wilful deer caught in the snare, takes his flesh,
and departs.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Brahma-datta
description: King reigning in Benares when the former-birth story is set.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Narrative teacher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Master questions the monk and tells the former-birth story as an illustration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: Admonishing instructor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Bodisat stag is asked to teach the nephew the devices of deer and admonishes
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: Refuser of admonition
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The present monk is abusive and will not accept admonition; the former nephew
disregards seven admonitions and does not learn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: Mother requesting instruction for her son
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Kharādiyā points out her son and asks her brother to teach him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: Killer of the trapped deer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The hunter kills the deer caught in the snare and takes his flesh.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: Reigning king in narrative setting
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The former-birth story is set during Brahma-datta's reign in Benares.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Snare
literal_form: A snare in which the nephew deer is caught
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: Seven admonitions
literal_form: Seven admonitions given on as many days and disregarded by the nephew
deer
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: Forest herd
literal_form: The forest where the Bodisat stag lives with a herd
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: Antlers
literal_form: Antlers described in the stanza as rising point over point
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Present admonition at Jetavana
summary: The Master questions an abusive monk who admits that he refuses admonition,
and the Master introduces a former-birth example of the same behavior ending in
destruction.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: The Bodisat stag asked to teach his nephew
summary: During Brahma-datta's reign in Benares, the Bodisat lives as a stag in
the forest, and his sister Kharādiyā asks him to teach her son the devices of
deer.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: The nephew disregards instruction
summary: The nephew does not attend lessons at the appointed time, disregards seven
admonitions, fails to learn the devices of deer, and is caught in a snare.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Refusal to teach further
summary: When Kharādiyā asks whether her son was instructed, the Bodisat says the
incorrigible son did not learn and states in verse that he would not keep teaching
one who transgresses a seventh time.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Death of the trapped deer and Jātaka identification
summary: The hunter kills the wilful deer caught in the snare, and the Master closes
by identifying the figures of the former story with persons in the present setting.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Refusal of wise admonition leads to destruction
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Master explicitly frames the former story as an example of refusing admonition
by the wise and being caught in a snare and destroyed; the nephew deer ignores
seven admonitions and is killed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage presents a moral exemplum
rather than an abstract wisdom myth.
- id: motif:2
label: Animal fable as moral instruction for a present human fault
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: A present abusive monk is instructed through a former-birth story involving
deer, and the animal figures are identified with present persons at the conclusion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: This is a Jātaka narrative structure within the passage; no wider cross-cultural
comparison is asserted.
- id: motif:3
label: Untrained animal caught in a hunter's snare
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The nephew deer refuses to learn the devices of deer, is caught in a snare,
and is killed by a hunter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches the snare or hunting motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 9980-10043
quote_or_summary: At Jetavana, the Master addresses a monk described as abusive
and unwilling to take admonition; the monk admits this is true.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 9980-10043
quote_or_summary: "“Formerly also, by your surliness and your refusing to accept
the admonition of the wise, you were caught in a snare and came to destruction.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 9980-10043
quote_or_summary: During Brahma-datta's reign in Benares, the Bodisat becomes a
stag and lives in the forest with a herd.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 9980-10043
quote_or_summary: Kharādiyā, the Bodisat's sister-roe, presents her son to him and
asks him to teach the son the devices of deer.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 9980-10043
quote_or_summary: The nephew does not go at the appointed time; after disregarding
seven admonitions over seven days and not learning the devices of deer, he is
caught in a snare.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 9980-10043
quote_or_summary: "“Though a deer be most swift... If he transgress the seventh
time, I would not try to teach him more!”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 9980-10043
quote_or_summary: The hunter kills the wilful deer caught in the snare, takes his
flesh, and departs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 9980-10043
quote_or_summary: 'The Master concludes by connecting the former story to the present:
the nephew deer was the abusive monk, the sister was Uppala-vaṇṇā, and the admonishing
deer was the Master himself.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The plot, figures, and moral frame are explicit in the passage. Motif taxonomy
mapping is limited because the available taxonomy contains only a broad 'wisdom'
family relevant to admonition and instruction.
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'
notes: |-
No external comparisons were added; comparison_claims is empty because the passage does not itself support a cross-tradition comparison.
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