batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l13791-l13922
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l13791-l13922
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence.
/ Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed.; lines 13791-13922
start: '13791'
end: '13922'
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: Kauśalyā sets aside grief, purifies herself with water, and blesses Rāma
as he goes forth, invoking gods, saints, cosmic powers, time divisions, natural
places, and creatures to protect him in Daṇḍak wood. She worships the gods with
flowers and scent, has a Brāhman light a ritual fire and make offerings for Rāma’s
welfare and return, and gives the priest a fee. She closes by comparing the desired
blessing on Rāma’s enterprise to blessings associated with Indra, Suparṇa, Aditi,
and Viṣṇu.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Kauśalyā casts aside grief, purifies her lips with water, and begins a benediction
for Rāma.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker tells Rāma to go forth and return quickly, and asks that virtue
and divine powers protect his steps.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The blessing invokes temples, holy shade, saints, weapons given by Viśvāmitra,
fanes, fires, altars, sacrificial grounds, trees, rocks, lakes, mountains, gods,
planets, time divisions, and cosmic elements as protectors.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The blessing specifically asks protection from giants, night-roving fiends,
flesh-eating beings, insects, creeping things, lions, tigers, elephants, bears,
buffaloes, and other forest dangers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Kauśalyā worships the gods with wreaths of flowers and precious scent.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: A Brāhman lights a fire and offers holy oil for Rāma’s welfare and safe return.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: After the fire rite, the priest distributes honey, curds, oil, and grain and
calls for blessings on the youthful anchorite.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Kauśalyā gives the Brāhman a fee and addresses Rāma again with blessings framed
through mythic precedents.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Kauśalyā
description: Rāma’s mother, described as a long-eyed and glorious dame, who blesses
her son and arranges ritual worship for his welfare.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Rāma
description: Kauśalyā’s child and son, called the pride of Raghu’s line, banished
Rāma, and a youthful anchorite destined to go to Daṇḍak wood.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: High-souled Brāhman
description: The priest who lights the ritual fire, offers holy oil, and distributes
the remaining offerings.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Invoked gods, saints, celestial powers, and guardians
description: Collective divine and cosmic protectors invoked for Rāma, including
Indra, the Sun, Varuṇa, Yama, the Moon, saints, planets, and other heavenly powers.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Forest dangers and hostile beings
description: Giants, night-roving fiends, flesh-eaters, insects, creeping things,
lions, tigers, elephants, bears, buffaloes, and other savage forest beings named
as threats to be restrained.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Mythic exemplars named in the closing blessing
description: Indra, Vinatā, Suparṇa, Aditi, and Viṣṇu are named in comparisons for
the blessing sought over Rāma’s enterprise.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Mother and ritual blesser
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: She is called Rāma’s mother, begins the benison, worships the gods, arranges
offerings, gives a priestly fee, and blesses her son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: Departing son and protected wanderer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He is told to go forth, return with speed, trust guardian powers, and be
protected in Daṇḍak wood while in hermit dress.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: Ritual officiant
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He lights the fire, offers holy oil, distributes offerings, and calls for
blessing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: Invoked protectors
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The blessing asks named gods, saints, cosmic bodies, elements, places, and
powers to keep and guide Rāma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: Threats to be warded away
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The blessing names hostile beings, animals, and forest creatures whose danger
is to be removed from Rāma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: Precedent figures for blessing
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The final address likens the desired blessing on Rāma’s enterprise to blessings
connected with earlier divine or heroic episodes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Purifying water
literal_form: Water used to purify the lips; stream water used for bodily and lip
purification
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Ritual fire
literal_form: Holy fires, fanes where fires are fed, and the fire lit by the Brāhman
for offerings
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: Trees and holy shade
literal_form: Trees and holy shade invoked among protective sacred places
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Mountains
literal_form: Mountains invoked among protective places and cosmic features
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: Offerings for welfare and return
literal_form: Flowers, scent, oil, wreaths, fuel, mustard, honey, curds, oil, and
grain used in worship and distribution
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: Daṇḍak wood
literal_form: The forest destination where Rāma is to be protected in solitude
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Maternal benediction before departure
summary: Kauśalyā purifies herself and blesses Rāma, urging him to go forth and
return, while invoking divine, natural, temporal, and cosmic protectors.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Protection against forest threats
summary: The blessing names hostile beings, dangerous animals, insects, and flesh-eating
creatures and asks that their rage or harm be turned away from Rāma.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Fire rite and offerings for Rāma’s welfare
summary: Kauśalyā worships the gods with flowers and scent, and a Brāhman lights
a fire, offers holy oil, distributes offerings, and receives a fee.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Mythic precedent blessings
summary: Kauśalyā asks that blessings like those associated with Indra, Suparṇa,
Aditi, and Viṣṇu attend Rāma’s enterprise.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Blessed departure of a hero into exile or forest wandering
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Rāma is repeatedly told to go forth, return safely, and trust protective
powers while going to Daṇḍak wood in hermit dress.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes blessing and ritual preparation rather than narrating
the full departure itself.
- id: motif:2
label: Ritual offering for protection and safe return
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: A Brāhman lights fire and offers holy oil for Rāma’s welfare and safe return,
followed by distribution of offerings and blessings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The rite is described briefly and without full liturgical detail.
- id: motif:3
label: Protective invocation of cosmic and natural powers
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The blessing calls on gods, saints, planets, time divisions, elements, sacred
places, mountains, seas, and living beings to protect Rāma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No specific taxonomy family in the supplied list exactly names this protective-invocation
pattern.
- id: motif:4
label: Sacred exchange through worship, offerings, and desired protection
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Kauśalyā worships the gods and arranges offerings for Rāma’s welfare, while
asking divine powers to keep and guide him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not state a formal bargain; the exchange is inferred
from ritual offering and requested protection.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly frames the desired blessing on Rāma’s enterprise as
analogous in function to blessings associated with earlier divine or heroic victories
and quests.
claim_level: same_function
target: Blessings on Indra after Vritra’s destruction, Suparṇa seeking the heavenly
drink, Aditi’s blessing in the Amrit/Daitya episode, and Viṣṇu’s triple step
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage supplies brief allusive comparisons rather than full narratives
of the referenced episodes.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13791-13804
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyā casts aside grief, purifies her lips with water, begins
a benediction, and tells Rāma to go forth and return with speed.
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 13805-13869
quote_or_summary: The blessing invokes virtue, gods, saints, Viśvāmitra’s arms,
holy fires, altars, sacrificial grounds, trees, rocks, lakes, mountains, Indra,
the Sun, Varuṇa, time divisions, planets, celestials, elements, texts, spells,
and the creator to protect Rāma.
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 13841-13866
quote_or_summary: The blessing asks that Rāma not fear giants, night-roving fiends,
flesh-eaters, apes, scorpions, insects, lions, tigers, elephants, bears, buffaloes,
and savage forest creatures.
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 13870-13882
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyā worships the gods with flower wreaths and precious scent;
a high-souled Brāhman lights fire and offers holy oil for Rāma’s welfare and safe
return; oil, wreaths, fuel, and mustard are set out.
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 13883-13894
quote_or_summary: After the fire rite, the priest gives the remaining offering,
distributes honey, curds, oil, and grain, calls for blessing on the youthful anchorite,
and receives a fee from Rāma’s mother.
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 13895-13922
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyā asks that blessings like those poured on Indra after
Vritra’s destruction, given by Vinatā to Suparṇa, bestowed by Aditi in the Amrit/Daitya
episode, and gracing Viṣṇu’s triple step attend Rāma’s enterprise; floods, isles,
seasons, worlds, Vedas, and sky quarters are also invoked to bless him.
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: medium
notes: The passage clearly supports extraction of protective blessing, departure,
and fire-offering motifs. Taxonomy mapping is strongest for departure and sacrifice;
sacred_exchange is less direct. The comparison claim is limited to allusions explicitly
made in the passage.
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: |-
Used only supplied passage text and metadata. No external taxonomy IDs beyond provided references were added.
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