batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l10122-l10301
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l10122-l10301
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto LXXV. The Parle. / Canto LXXVI. Debarred From Heaven. / BOOK II. /
Canto I. The Heir Apparent.; lines 10122-10301
start: '10122'
end: '10301'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Daśaratha dismisses the assembly, consults his ministers, and resolves
to consecrate Ráma as Regent Heir under auspicious Pushya. He summons Ráma, explains
his age, fulfilled obligations, popular support for Ráma, and ominous celestial
portents. He orders Ráma and Sítá to fast and sleep on holy grass before the rite.
Ráma informs Kauśalyá, who blesses him, and then tells Lakshmaṇ that he should
share rule and fortune with him.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Ráma pays reverence, mounts a chariot, and returns to his dwelling while crowds
honor him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The people rejoice at the monarch’s speech, salute humbly, return home, and
pray to the gods.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Daśaratha consults his state peers and declares that Ráma should be consecrated
as Regent when the moon is in Pushya.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Daśaratha sends Sumantra to bring Ráma again to the royal court.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Ráma bows to the floor, raises joined hands to greet his father, and is raised
and embraced by the monarch.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Daśaratha says he is aged, has enjoyed life, has performed rites and gifts,
has sons, and has no remaining debt except to place Ráma on the throne.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Daśaratha says the people have chosen Ráma and that he will make him Regent
Heir.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Daśaratha reports night visions, red meteors, tempests, and an adverse conjunction
involving Ráhu, the Sun, and Mars, which star-readers interpret as signs of a
monarch’s death or woe.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Daśaratha orders haste, fixes the consecration for the next day under Pushya,
and commands Ráma and Sítá to fast, refrain from worldly thoughts, and lie on
holy grass.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Daśaratha notes that Bharat is away and says human minds can change suddenly.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Kauśalyá is in linen robes praying in a chapel to Fortune’s Queen for Ráma’s
protection, with Sumitrá and Lakshmaṇ present, and Sítá summoned.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: Ráma tells Kauśalyá that his father has entrusted the people’s welfare to
him and that he and Sítá must fast before the anointing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: Kauśalyá blesses Ráma with long life, success over foes, and the glory of
Ikshváku’s line.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: Ráma tells Lakshmaṇ that he must be joint-ruler, calls him his second self,
and says royal power is dear because of him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Eldest son of Daśaratha; chosen by the people and his father to be
consecrated Regent Heir; lotus-eyed; obedient to his father’s instructions.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Daśaratha / the monarch
description: Aged king and father of Ráma; consults his peers, summons Ráma, interprets
ominous portents as requiring haste, and fixes the consecration.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sumantra
description: The king’s charioteer and envoy sent to bring Ráma to court.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sítá
description: Ráma’s wife, summoned to Kauśalyá’s chapel and commanded to fast with
Ráma before the consecration.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Kauśalyá
description: Ráma’s mother; prays for his protection and blesses him when she hears
of the coming consecration.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sumitrá
description: Present with Kauśalyá when the royal choice is known; mother of Lakshmaṇ.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: Brother of Ráma and son of Sumitrá; present with reverent hands and
invited by Ráma to be joint-ruler and second self.
role_refs:
- role:10
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Ráma’s brother, away with royal kin during the planned installation;
Daśaratha says he may remain good but human minds change.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: The people
description: They rejoice, pray to the gods, and their general voice chooses Ráma
as king of love and choice.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Peers of state
description: Counsellors whom Daśaratha calls for debate before explaining his decision.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Holy priests
description: Priests who agree with Daśaratha’s decree that Ráma and Sítá should
fast before the consecration.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: chosen heir
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Daśaratha says the people’s voice elects Ráma and that he will make him Regent
Heir.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: obedient son
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma comes when summoned, bows to his father, and follows the command to
prepare for consecration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: aged king
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Daśaratha identifies himself as aged and worn and speaks of his remaining
duty to install Ráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: royal consecrator
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Daśaratha fixes the auspicious time and declares he will sanctify Ráma as
Regent Heir.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: prospective ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma is to be anointed king and preside over the state as Regent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: royal messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sumantra is sent to Ráma’s home to bring him to court.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: ritual fasting companion
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Sítá is required to fast with Ráma before the rite.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: praying mother and blesser
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Kauśalyá prays for Ráma’s protection and gives him blessings after the news.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: maternal attendant
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Sumitrá is present with Kauśalyá during the prayer and news.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: brotherly companion
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Ráma calls Lakshmaṇ his second self and says his fortune is shared with him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:11
label: proposed joint-ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Ráma tells Lakshmaṇ he must be joint-ruler of the land.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:12
label: absent brother
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Daśaratha notes Bharat is away with royal kin during the planned installation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:13
label: public acclaiming body
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The people rejoice and their general voice elects Ráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:14
label: royal counsellors
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Daśaratha calls his peers for debate and counsel before announcing his will.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:15
label: ritual authorities
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Ráma says holy priests agree with the required fasting before consecration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: throne and anointing
literal_form: The father’s throne, the Regent Heir consecration, and anointing as
king.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: auspicious lunar timing
literal_form: The moon in Punarvasu and then Pushya as the chosen hour for consecration.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: ominous celestial and weather signs
literal_form: Night visions, red meteors, tempests, and the combination of Ráhu,
the Sun, and Mars against the king’s natal sign.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: fasting and holy grass
literal_form: Ráma and Sítá must fast, refrain from worldly thoughts, and lie on
holy grass before the rite.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: joined hands and prostration
literal_form: Ráma bends to the floor and raises joined hands to greet his father.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: chapel prayer to Fortune’s Queen
literal_form: Kauśalyá, in linen robes, prays in the chapel to Fortune’s Queen for
Ráma’s protection.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: Ikshváku lineage glory
literal_form: Kauśalyá says the glory of the old Ikshváku line will belong to Ráma.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Public rejoicing and prayer
summary: After hearing the monarch’s speech, the people honor Ráma, rejoice, return
home, and pray to the gods.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Royal council and decision
summary: Daśaratha consults state peers and fixes the next day under Pushya for
Ráma’s consecration as Regent.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Ráma summoned and received
summary: Sumantra brings Ráma to court; Ráma bows, and Daśaratha embraces him and
seats him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Daśaratha’s royal instruction
summary: Daśaratha explains his age, the people’s choice, ominous portents, the
auspicious timing, the need for haste, and the ritual fast for Ráma and Sítá.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:8
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Kauśalyá’s chapel
summary: Ráma goes to his mother’s mansion, where Kauśalyá prays for his protection;
Ráma announces the consecration and fasting requirement, and Kauśalyá blesses
him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Ráma addresses Lakshmaṇ
summary: Ráma tells Lakshmaṇ that he should share rule and fortune with him as his
second self.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: royal legitimacy through paternal decree, public choice, lineage, and consecration
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Ráma is chosen by the people, appointed by his father, ritually scheduled
for consecration, and blessed as bearer of Ikshváku lineage glory.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage concerns preparation for consecration rather than the completed
enthronement.
- id: motif:2
label: ritual preparation before investiture
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Before the anointing, Ráma and Sítá must fast, avoid worldly thoughts, and
lie on holy grass under priestly sanction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames this as consecration preparation; identifying it as
initiation is a broad motif classification.
- id: motif:3
label: celestial omens prompting royal action
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Daśaratha cites visions, meteors, tempests, and hostile planetary signs as
portents of a monarch’s death or woe, motivating swift consecration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference precisely matches omen-driven succession.
- id: motif:4
label: devoted brother as second self and co-ruler
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Ráma calls Lakshmaṇ his second self and invites him to share rule and royal
fortune.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents a fraternal bond, not a twinship.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 10122-10137
quote_or_summary: Ráma reverently withdraws in a chariot; the people rejoice at
the monarch’s speech, return home, and pray to the gods.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 10139-10151
quote_or_summary: After dismissing the crowd, the monarch consults peers and declares
that under Pushya he will consecrate his eldest son Ráma as Regent over the state.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 10153-10168
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha sends his charioteer Sumantra to bring Ráma; Sumantra
tells Ráma that his father requires his presence.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 10169-10182
quote_or_summary: Ráma comes to court, is led in, bows to the floor, raises joined
hands to his father, and is embraced and seated by the monarch.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 10183-10203
quote_or_summary: 'Daśaratha says he is aged, has fulfilled rites and debts, and
has one remaining duty: to place Ráma on the throne; he says the people’s voice
elects Ráma and he will make him Regent Heir.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 10204-10215
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha reports dread visions, red meteors, tempests, and an
adverse combination of Ráhu, the Sun, and Mars; star-readers say such portents
indicate a monarch’s death or woe.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 10216-10243
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha urges haste, states that the moon will be in Pushya
tomorrow, fixes the consecration, orders Ráma and Sítá to fast and lie on holy
grass, asks trusted lords to watch, and notes Bharat’s absence and the changeability
of human minds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 10245-10262
quote_or_summary: Ráma goes to his mother’s mansion; Kauśalyá, in linen robes, prays
in the chapel to Fortune’s Queen for Ráma’s protection, with Sumitrá and Lakshmaṇ
present and Sítá summoned.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 10263-10280
quote_or_summary: Ráma reverently tells Kauśalyá that his father has entrusted the
people’s welfare to him, that he will be anointed king tomorrow, and that Sítá
must fast with him as decreed by his father and priests.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 10281-10296
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyá rejoices, blesses Ráma with long life and success, says
the stars were fair when he was born, and says the glory of Ikshváku’s line will
be his.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 10297-10301
quote_or_summary: Ráma smiles at Lakshmaṇ and tells him to be joint-ruler, his second
self, and sharer in his fortune.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif labels
are limited to broad candidates supported by the passage and available taxonomy;
no external comparisons are asserted.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not support a specific cross-textual or inter-traditional comparison beyond available motif-family tagging.
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