batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l12700-l12861
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l12700-l12861
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto VI. The City Decorated. / Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations.
/ Canto XVIII. The Sentence.; lines 12700-12861
start: '12700'
end: '12861'
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: Rama accepts exile in the forest for fourteen years in order to uphold
his father's promise and allow Bharata to take the throne. Kaikeyi urges him to
depart at once, while the king grieves and cannot speak. Rama maintains composure,
honors both the king and Kaikeyi, refuses royal insignia, dismisses his attendants,
and goes to inform Sita and his mother, followed by Lakshmana.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Rama says he will go to the wood for his father's promise, wearing hermit
dress and matted hair.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Rama states that Bharata should ascend the throne and that he would yield
his wife, realm, wealth, and life for his father's call and honor.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Rama specifies a fourteen-year exile in Dandaka's pathless wild.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Kaikeyi is pleased by Rama's reply and urges that messengers bring Bharata
and that Rama leave for the forest immediately.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The king cries out, swoons on a gold-wrought couch, and Rama raises him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Rama tells Kaikeyi that obeying a father's word is the foremost duty of sons.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Rama says he will comfort Sita, bid farewell to his mother, and then depart
to the woods.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Rama touches the feet of the unconscious king and Kaikeyi, circumambulates
them, and leaves the chamber.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Rama sees the vessels prepared for the royal ceremony but remains outwardly
composed.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Rama refuses royal chouries, the white umbrella, his chariot, men, friends,
and citizens before going toward his mother's mansion.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Lakshmana follows Rama while trying not to show his grief.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: The people around Rama cannot see any sign of his changed fortune on his face.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
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name_or_label: Rama
description: The hero and prince who accepts forest exile, relinquishes royal honors,
and prepares to inform Sita and his mother.
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- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Kaikeyi
description: The queen who holds the pledge, is pleased by Rama's acceptance, and
urges his immediate departure.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: The king / Rama's father
description: The lord of men who lies prostrate, weeps, cannot speak, and swoons
on a gold-wrought couch.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Bharata
description: Kaikeyi's son, to be summoned back and installed as ruler according
to the king's behest.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sita
description: Rama's wife, whom Rama says he must comfort before leaving.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lakshmana / Sumitra's child
description: Rama's brother who follows him with concealed grief.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Rama's mother
description: The mother whom Rama intends to bid farewell before departing to the
woods.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Companions, friends, citizens, and gathered people
description: People gathered around Rama who see no outward sign of altered fortune
and whom he dismisses before departure.
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- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
roles:
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label: obedient son
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama explicitly treats fulfilling his father's word as his paramount duty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: exiled heir
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama accepts fourteen years in the forest and leaves behind the rule of earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: self-controlled hero
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama remains serene, rules his senses, and does not show grief or altered
fortune.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: queen enforcing the pledge
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Kaikeyi relies on the pledge she holds and urges Rama's swift departure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: grieving father
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The king weeps, lies prostrate, cries out, swoons, and speaks no word.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: sovereign whose promise must be upheld
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Rama says he goes to the wood for his father's promise and to free his honor
from shame.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: designated successor
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Rama and Kaikeyi both refer to Bharata being summoned and ruling the land.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: beloved wife to be comforted
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Rama says he must cheer Sita's tender heart before departure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: loyal brother-follower
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Lakshmana follows near Rama while concealing his grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: mother to be farewelled
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Rama says he must bid farewell to his mother and then seeks her mansion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: witnesses to the changed succession
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Companions and citizens gather around Rama but cannot read the change in
his face; he dismisses them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hermit dress and matted hair
literal_form: Hermit's coat or dress with matted hair
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: forest exile
literal_form: The wood, wild wood, Dandaka's pathless wild, and distant forest
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: throne and rule of earth
literal_form: Throne, realm, and rule of earth relinquished in favor of Bharata
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: royal ceremonial vessels
literal_form: Vases prepared for the glorious day
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: royal insignia refused
literal_form: Chouries, white umbrella, chariot, attendants, friends, and citizens
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: prostrate and weeping king
literal_form: Downcast eyes, tears, prostration, cries, and swooning on a gold-wrought
couch
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: circumambulation and touching feet
literal_form: Rama touches the feet of the king and Kaikeyi and circles them before
leaving
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rama accepts the sentence of exile
summary: Rama declares that he will go to the forest for fourteen years in hermit
attire because of his father's promise.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Succession transferred to Bharata
summary: Rama accepts that Bharata should ascend the throne and says he would give
up realm, wealth, wife, and life to preserve his father's honor; Kaikeyi asks
for Bharata to be summoned.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Kaikeyi presses Rama while the king collapses
summary: Kaikeyi urges immediate departure; the king cries out, swoons, and lies
on the couch while Rama remains composed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Rama affirms filial duty and prepares farewells
summary: Rama states that a son must fulfill his father's word, then says he will
comfort Sita, bid his mother farewell, and depart.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Rama honors the king and queen before leaving
summary: Rama touches the feet of the senseless king and Kaikeyi, circumambulates
them, and exits; Lakshmana follows.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Rama passes the coronation preparations and rejects royal honors
summary: Rama sees the prepared ceremonial vessels, remains undiminished in appearance,
refuses royal insignia and attendants, and goes toward his mother's house.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: heroic departure into exile
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Rama accepts immediate departure from city and kingship into a fourteen-year
forest exile.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the departure command and response, not the later
journey itself.
- id: motif:2
label: royal succession and legitimacy under oath
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The throne is redirected to Bharata because of the king's pledge, and Rama
relinquishes royal honors to uphold that command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage reports the succession arrangement but does not include Bharata's
response or coronation.
- id: motif:3
label: filial obedience over personal gain
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama identifies obedience to the father's word as paramount and refuses to
remain for gain or empire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference exactly names filial obedience.
- id: motif:4
label: renunciation of royal signs
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama refuses chouries, the white umbrella, chariot, attendants, friends,
and citizens while remaining outwardly composed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: This is a local symbolic action rather than a supplied taxonomy motif
family.
- id: motif:5
label: self-offering to preserve another's honor
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Rama says he would yield wife, realm, wealth, and life, and accepts exile
to release his father's honor from shame.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage involves renunciation and obedience rather than an explicit
ritual sacrifice.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 12700-12861
quote_or_summary: Rama says he will go to the wood for his father's promise, in
hermit dress with matted hair, and spend 'twice seven years' in Dandaka's wild.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; short quotation and summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 12700-12861
quote_or_summary: Rama says the king wishes Bharata to ascend the throne and that
he would yield his wife, realm, wealth, and life to free his father's honor and
bring joy to Kaikeyi.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 12700-12861
quote_or_summary: Kaikeyi rejoices in Rama's answer, asks that messengers bring
Bharata, and urges Rama to leave for the forest immediately; she says the king
will not bathe or eat until he has gone.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 12700-12861
quote_or_summary: The king cries 'Woe! woe!', swoons on a gold-wrought couch, and
Rama raises him; Kaikeyi continues to urge Rama with harsh words, which he hears
serenely.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; short quotation and summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 12700-12861
quote_or_summary: Rama says a son's foremost duty is to fulfill the honored father's
word and will; he will go after comforting Sita and bidding farewell to his mother,
while Bharata should rule righteously.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 12700-12861
quote_or_summary: The father hears in speechless grief; Rama touches the feet of
the senseless king and Kaikeyi, circumambulates them, exits, and is followed by
Lakshmana with weeping eyes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 12700-12861
quote_or_summary: Rama sees the ceremonial vases, remains undiminished by loss of
empire, leaves the rule of earth behind, refuses chouries, the white umbrella,
chariot, attendants, friends, and citizens, and seeks his mother's mansion.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 12700-12861
quote_or_summary: The people around Rama see no sign of altered fortune on his face;
Lakshmana follows, troubled but hiding his woe; Rama conceals the dread news from
joyful friends to spare them pain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif candidates are limited
to evident passage patterns and supplied taxonomy references where applicable.
No external comparison claims are made.
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 taxonomy symbol refs were applied because the supplied symbol list does not include the passage's main literal symbols such as forest, royal umbrella, hermit dress, throne, or ceremonial vessels.
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