batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l1239-l1399
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passage_locator:
label: INVOCATION.(1) / BOOK I.(6) / OM.(8) / Canto III. The Argument.; lines 1239-1399
start: '1239'
end: '1399'
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: 'The passage presents the argument or outline of the epic. Válmíki performs
a reverent ritual posture and enters meditation, through which he gains a comprehensive
vision of Ráma’s life, including past, present, and future events. The canto then
lists the major episodes of the narrative: Ráma’s birth, virtues, marriage, exile,
forest wanderings, Sítá’s abduction, alliances, Hanumán’s mission, the bridge
to Lanká, the war with Rávaṇ, Sítá’s restoration and vindication, the return by
flying chariot, Ráma’s coronation, and later events still to come.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The hermit receives the poem’s seed and seeks fuller knowledge.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Before meditation, he moistens his lips with water and sits reverently on
holy grass oriented toward the east.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Through virtue, holy thought, and rite, his sight is refined so that he knows
the present, past, and future of Ráma’s life.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Válmíki rehearses the tale of Raghu’s line after Nárad had previously traced
its outline.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The outlined tale includes Ráma’s princely birth, virtues, wooing of Janak’s
child, and breaking of an unmatched bow.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Kaikeyí’s counsel disrupts the plan to choose Ráma for the throne and drives
him into banishment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Daśaratha grieves after Ráma’s exile and dies; the subjects mourn.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Ráma crosses the Gangá, reaches Chitrakúṭa, and gives sandals as emblems of
his right to Bharat.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: In the forest narrative, Ráma enters Daṇḍak wood, receives a heavenly bow
from Agastya, settles at Panchavaṭa, and encounters several hostile beings.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Rávaṇ is roused to vengeance, Márícha is doomed, and the Videhan lady is carried
off.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Ráma meets Hanumán and Sugríva, forms an alliance, and Sugríva comes to reign
after Báli is slain.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Ráma gives a ring; Hanumán leaps across the sea, enters Lanká, finds Sítá
in the Aśoka garden, and gives her the ring.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Sítá gives Hanumán a gem; Hanumán destroys the grove, is seized, and Lanká
burns with hostile fire.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: Ráma interviews Ocean, Nala builds a bridge, and the army crosses to Lanká.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: Rávaṇ is slain, Sítá is brought back, Vibhíshaṇ is enthroned, and Brahmá and
the gods appear to clear Sítá’s doubted honour.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: Ráma and his party ride in the flying chariot Pushpak, return, and Ráma is
ordained king.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: obs:17
text: The canto states that Válmíki tells both what befell in Ráma’s life and what
will later come to pass.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Válmíki
description: A good and divine sage who receives the poem’s seed, enters meditation,
sees Ráma’s life, and tells the tale.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ráma
description: The central prince of the tale, born in Raghu’s line, exiled, forest-dwelling
with Sítá, allied with others, conqueror of Rávaṇ, and later king.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sítá / Janak’s child / Videhan lady
description: Ráma’s wife, won by him after he breaks the bow, later carried off,
found captive in the Aśoka garden, restored, and publicly vindicated by the gods.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ráma’s brother
description: Mentioned as part of the life known by Válmíki’s vision, together with
Ráma and his wife.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Daśaratha
description: King and father figure who grieves, swoons, pines, and dies after Ráma’s
exile.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Kaikeyí
description: A queen whose malicious counsel mars the plan for Ráma’s enthronement
and causes his banishment.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Nárad
description: A heavenly saint who had previously traced the outline of Ráma’s story.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Viśvámitra
description: A holy figure who tells old tales and legends in the outline of Ráma’s
story.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Bharat
description: A brother or royal kinsman who comes to Ráma, supplicates him, receives
sandals as emblems of Ráma’s right, and later meets the flying car.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Guha
description: A figure with whom Ráma talks after leaving the following crowds.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Bharadvája
description: A host or adviser who entertains Ráma and gives advice; later his cabin
is visited by the flying car.
role_refs:
- role:14
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Anasúyá
description: A figure who shows favour and bestows a wondrous balsam.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Agastya
description: A figure met by Ráma who gives him a heavenly bow.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: An antagonist roused to vengeance, linked with Sítá’s carrying off,
and later slain in battle.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Márícha
description: A figure described as doomed without escape in the sequence leading
to the carrying off of Sítá.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Vulture-king
description: A vulture king who is slain after Ráma’s lament over Sítá.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Hanumán / Wind-God’s son
description: An ally who meets Ráma, leaps across the sea, enters Lanká, finds Sítá,
brings tokens, and is sent ahead.
role_refs:
- role:18
- role:19
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Sugríva
description: An ally who speaks with Ráma, makes friendship with him, fights Báli,
and comes to reign.
role_refs:
- role:20
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Báli
description: A rival who fights Sugríva and is slain in the strife.
role_refs:
- role:21
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: Sampati
description: A figure who is gained as a friend after a proposed fast to end lives.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: Nala
description: The builder who throws a bridge over Ocean.
role_refs:
- role:22
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:22
name_or_label: Vibhíshaṇ
description: A treaty partner of Ráma who is later set upon the throne.
role_refs:
- role:20
- role:23
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:23
name_or_label: Brahmá and the Gods
description: Divine figures who appear and clear Sítá’s doubted honour.
role_refs:
- role:24
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: sage-poet
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Válmíki is called a good, divine sage who rehearses and tells the tale.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: visionary knower of past, present, and future
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: His sanctity gives him refined sight of present, past, and future.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: central hero
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The whole outlined narrative concerns Ráma’s life, actions, exile, alliances,
battle, return, and kingship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: banished prince
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Kaikeyí’s counsel drives Ráma forth as a banished man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: restored king
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The outline ends with Ráma being ordained king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: wife and forest companion
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Válmíki sees Ráma roaming with Sítá in the wood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: captive beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: She is carried off, found captive in the Aśoka garden, and later brought
back.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: brother companion
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage includes Ráma, his brother, and his wife within the visionary
scope.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: grieving father-king
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Daśaratha is named with the queens and later grieves, swoons, pines, and
dies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: disruptive queen
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Kaikeyí’s malice and evil counsel mar the enthronement plan and lead to exile.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:11
label: prior narrator or source
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Nárad had traced the outline of the story before Válmíki’s rehearsal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:12
label: holy adviser or teacher
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:11
basis: Viśvámitra tells old tales and legends; Bharadvája entertains and advises
Ráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:13
label: royal delegate of Ráma’s right
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Bharat receives Ráma’s sandals as emblems of Ráma’s right and spends years
in Nandigráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:14
label: ally or helper
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:20
basis: Guha speaks with Ráma, Bharadvája hosts and advises him, and Sampati is gained
as a friend.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:15
label: giver of wondrous or heavenly aid
assigned_to:
- fig:12
- fig:13
basis: Anasúyá bestows wondrous balsam and Agastya gives a heavenly bow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:16
label: enemy and abductor antagonist
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Rávaṇ is roused to vengeance in the sequence of Sítá’s carrying off and is
later slain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:17
label: doomed or slain figure
assigned_to:
- fig:15
- fig:16
basis: Márícha is described as doomed and the Vulture-king is slain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:18
label: messenger across the sea
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: Hanumán leaps across the deep, enters Lanká, meets Sítá, gives the ring,
and returns with her gem.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:19
label: divine son
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: The passage calls him the Wind-God’s son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:20
label: allied ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:18
- fig:22
basis: Sugríva becomes king after alliance with Ráma, and Vibhíshaṇ makes treaty
with Ráma and is enthroned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:21
label: rival combatant
assigned_to:
- fig:19
basis: Báli fights Sugríva and is slain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:22
label: bridge-builder
assigned_to:
- fig:21
basis: Nala throws a bridge over Ocean.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:23
label: enthroned successor
assigned_to:
- fig:22
basis: Vibhíshaṇ is set upon the throne after Rávaṇ is slain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:24
label: divine vindicators
assigned_to:
- fig:23
basis: Brahmá and the gods appear and clear Sítá’s doubted honour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ritual water
literal_form: Water used to moisten the hermit’s lips before meditation.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: holy grass facing east
literal_form: Holy grass with its points bent together toward the orient, used as
Válmíki’s seat.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: mental eye
literal_form: The refined inner sight by which Válmíki grasps Ráma’s life.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: unmatched bow
literal_form: The bow that bent to none, broken when Ráma wins Janak’s child.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: Gangá crossing
literal_form: The far shore of the Gangá reached by Ráma.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: Chitrakúṭa hill
literal_form: The hill reached after Bharadvája’s advice, where Ráma dwells and
builds a cot.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: sandals of royal right
literal_form: Sandals given by Ráma’s hand as emblems of his right.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: heavenly bow
literal_form: A heavenly bow obtained from Agastya.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:9
label: ring token
literal_form: A ring bestowed by Ráma and given by Hanumán to Sítá.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: cave of the bear
literal_form: The cave wherein the bear abode.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:11
label: Maináka peak
literal_form: Maináka of the lofty peak, sought at Ocean’s command.
associated_figures:
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:12
label: Aśoka garden
literal_form: The garden in Lanká where Hanumán finds Ráma’s captive dame.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:13
label: gem from Sítá
literal_form: A gem given by Sítá and later shown by Hanumán from Sítá’s brow.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:17
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:14
label: hostile fire in Lanká
literal_form: Fire by which Lanká blazes after Hanumán is seized.
associated_figures:
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:15
label: Ocean
literal_form: Ocean, whom Ráma interviews before the bridge is built.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:16
label: bridge to Lanká
literal_form: The bridge that Nala throws over Ocean for the crossing.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:21
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:17
label: flying chariot Pushpak
literal_form: The flying chariot shown after Vibhíshaṇ is enthroned and used for
the return journey.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:22
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Válmíki’s ritual meditation
summary: The hermit prepares with water, holy grass, and reverent posture, then
enters meditation to seek fuller knowledge.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Vision of Ráma’s whole life
summary: By sanctity and refined sight, Válmíki perceives the present, past, and
future of Ráma, Sítá, Ráma’s brother, Daśaratha, the queens, people, and court.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Birth, marriage, and exile outline
summary: The poem’s argument includes Ráma’s birth and virtues, the winning of Sítá
through the bow, the intended enthronement, Kaikeyí’s obstruction, exile, Daśaratha’s
death, and Bharat’s receipt of the sandals.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Forest wanderings and Sítá’s abduction
summary: Ráma enters forest regions, receives aid and weapons, encounters hostile
figures, and the sequence culminates in the carrying off of Sítá and Ráma’s grief.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Alliance and Hanumán’s mission
summary: Ráma allies with Sugríva, Báli is slain, forces are gathered, the ring
is entrusted, and Hanumán crosses the sea to Lanká, finds Sítá, exchanges tokens,
and returns.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:17
- fig:18
- fig:19
- fig:20
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
- sym:10
- sym:11
- sym:12
- sym:13
- sym:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Bridge, battle, and restoration
summary: Ráma speaks with Ocean, Nala builds a bridge, the army crosses to Lanká,
Vibhíshaṇ allies with Ráma, major foes die, Rávaṇ is slain, and Sítá is restored.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:14
- fig:21
- fig:22
symbol_refs:
- sym:15
- sym:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Divine vindication and return
summary: Vibhíshaṇ is enthroned, Brahmá and the gods clear Sítá’s honour, the party
returns in Pushpak, and Bharat meets the flying car.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:9
- fig:11
- fig:17
- fig:22
- fig:23
symbol_refs:
- sym:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Kingship and future events
summary: Ráma is ordained king, the legions are discharged, his queen is later cast
away, public love grows, and Válmíki’s tale includes what will yet occur.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: visionary wisdom through ascetic meditation
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Válmíki’s holy thought, rite, sanctity, and meditation give him knowledge
of past, present, and future.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents this as poetic and spiritual insight, not as a general
doctrine outside the passage.
- id: motif:2
label: hero’s departure into exile
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Ráma is chosen for the throne, but Kaikeyí’s counsel drives him forth as
a banished man; he leaves crowds behind and crosses the Gangá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is an outline and does not narrate the full departure scene.
- id: motif:3
label: royal legitimacy through emblems and enthronement
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Ráma’s sandals stand as emblems of his right; later Ráma is ordained king
and Vibhíshaṇ is set upon the throne.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage summarizes the acts rather than explaining their ritual or
political theory.
- id: motif:4
label: bride won through bow feat
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: Ráma woos and wins Janak’s child and breaks the bow that bent to none.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly describe the marriage as sacred; the taxonomy
link is based on the marriage-winning episode only.
- id: motif:5
label: stolen beloved and rescue quest
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The Videhan lady is carried off; Ráma grieves, forms alliances, sends Hanumán,
crosses to Lanká, defeats Rávaṇ, and Sítá is brought again.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage uses summary form and does not detail Sítá’s perspective beyond
captivity and tokens.
- id: motif:6
label: sacred exchange of recognition tokens
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Ráma gives Hanumán a ring to deliver to Sítá; Sítá gives a gem that Hanumán
later shows to Ráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The sacred status of the exchange is not explicitly stated; the passage
supports token exchange in a rescue context.
- id: motif:7
label: animal or semi-divine helper as messenger
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hanumán, later called the Wind-God’s son, leaps across the sea, reaches the
captive Sítá, exchanges tokens, and returns with news.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly matches this helper-messenger
pattern.
- id: motif:8
label: crossing the sea by constructed bridge
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After Ráma’s interview with Ocean, Nala throws a bridge over it and the forces
cross to Lanká.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly matches a sea-bridge crossing.
- id: motif:9
label: divine vindication after suspicion
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Brahmá and the gods appear and clear Sítá’s doubted honour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not provide the circumstances or procedure of the vindication.
- id: motif:10
label: return and coronation after victory
taxonomy_refs:
- return
- royal_legitimacy
basis: After Rávaṇ’s defeat, Ráma and Sítá ride in the flying chariot, Bharat meets
the flying car, and Ráma is ordained king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The return is summarized without full narrative detail.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1239-1250
quote_or_summary: The hermit receives the poem’s seed, moistens his lips with water,
sits reverently on holy grass oriented east, and enters meditation.
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 1251-1269
quote_or_summary: Through virtue and sanctity, Válmíki sees Ráma’s whole life, including
past, present, and future, and rehearses the tale after Nárad’s outline.
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 1270-1282
quote_or_summary: The outline includes Ráma’s birth and virtues, Viśvámitra’s old
tales, the winning of Janak’s child by breaking the bow, the throne choice, Kaikeyí’s
counsel, and exile.
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 1283-1297
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha grieves and dies; Ráma leaves the crowds, speaks with
Guha, crosses the Gangá, is hosted by Bharadvája, reaches Chitrakúṭa, and gives
sandals to Bharat as emblems of his right.
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 1298-1320
quote_or_summary: Ráma enters Daṇḍak wood, receives aid and a heavenly bow, lives
at Panchavaṭa, encounters hostile figures, Rávaṇ is roused, Sítá is carried off,
the Vulture-king is slain, and Ráma meets Hanumán.
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 1321-1339
quote_or_summary: Ráma speaks with Sugríva, they form friendship, Báli is slain,
Sugríva reigns, hosts and spies are organized, Ráma gives a ring, a cave is mentioned,
Sampati becomes a friend, and Hanumán leaps across the sea toward Lanká.
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 1340-1357
quote_or_summary: Hanumán enters Lanká, reaches the Aśoka garden, finds Sítá captive,
gives the ring, receives a gem, destroys the grove, is seized, Lanká burns, returns
across the sea, and shows Sítá’s gem to Ráma.
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 1358-1371
quote_or_summary: Ráma speaks with Ocean, Nala builds a bridge, the forces cross
and sit near Lanká, Vibhíshaṇ makes treaty, plans are laid against Rávaṇ, major
foes die, Rávaṇ is slain, and Sítá is brought back.
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 1372-1383
quote_or_summary: Vibhíshaṇ is enthroned, Pushpak the flying chariot is shown, Brahmá
and the gods clear Sítá’s doubted honour, the party rides to Bharadvája’s cabin,
Hanumán is sent ahead, and Bharat meets the flying car.
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 1384-1399
quote_or_summary: Ráma is ordained king, the legions are discharged, Ráma later
casts his queen away, public love grows, and Válmíki tells what befell in Ráma’s
life and what will yet occur.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is itself a compressed table of contents for the epic, so motif
identification is reliable for broad patterns but lacks details that would be
present in the full narrative episodes. No comparison claims were added because
the passage does not itself compare traditions or motif families.
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: |-
All figures, roles, symbols, scenes, and motifs are derived from the supplied passage only. Some names are given in Griffith’s transliteration as they appear in the passage.
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