batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l13924-l14045
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l13924-l14045
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 13924-14045
start: '13924'
end: '14045'
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: Kauśalyá performs protective and blessing rites for Ráma before his forest
departure, gives him an amulet, prays to divine and spirit powers, embraces him,
and sends him away. Ráma goes to Sítá, who has expected his consecration as king;
seeing his grief, she asks why the royal coronation signs and attendants are absent.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The queen places scent and grain on Ráma’s head.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A prized herb is set on Ráma’s arm as an amulet against misfortune.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The queen murmurs holy texts and speaks encouraging words while concealing
grief.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The queen kisses Ráma’s brow, presses him to her breast, tells him to go,
and blesses his safe return and future rule.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The queen says she has worshipped Śiva, heavenly beings, saints, ghosts, and
shades, and asks all quarters of the sky to protect Ráma in the forest.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The queen walks fondly around Ráma, embraces him repeatedly, and Ráma presses
her feet before going to Sítá’s home.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Ráma passes through a crowded street and is described as casting radiance
along the way.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Sítá has not heard of the change in circumstances and still expects the imperial
rite.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Sítá has worshipped the gods and waits for Ráma to return.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Ráma enters his home dejected and gloomy; Sítá trembles with fear and sees
his anguish, pallor, sweat, and grief.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Sítá asks why, on an astrologically auspicious day, Ráma lacks the canopy,
royal fans, bards, heralds, consecrating Bráhmans, guild chiefs, chariot, elephant,
and gold throne-bearer expected for a new king.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Kauśalyá
description: Ráma’s mother and queen, grieving yet blessing him before he departs.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ráma
description: The hero and son of Kauśalyá, faithful to duty and preparing to go
to the forest rather than receive the expected consecration.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sítá
description: The Videhan bride and Ráma’s consort, unaware of the change and expecting
his royal consecration.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Śiva, heavenly host, saints, ghosts, and shades
description: Powers to whom Kauśalyá says worship has been paid for Ráma’s protection.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: People in the crowded street
description: The crowd through which Ráma passes, moved by his qualities.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: blessing mother
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Kauśalyá blesses Ráma, gives him a protective amulet, embraces him, and prays
for his protection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: grieving queen
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says she is crushed by woe and her eyes overflow while blessing
Ráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: departing son
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ráma receives his mother’s blessing and goes onward before the stated forest
departure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: dutiful prince and expected king
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ráma cleaves to duty, while Sítá expects the consecration signs of royal
rule.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: unaware and anxious bride
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sítá has not heard the news, expects the rite, sees Ráma’s distress, and
questions him about the missing royal signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: invoked protectors
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Kauśalyá names these beings in the context of worship and protection for
her child.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: witnessing populace
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The people are present in the crowded street and are moved as Ráma passes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: scent and grain blessing
literal_form: scent and grain placed on Ráma’s head
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: protective herb amulet
literal_form: prized herb set upon Ráma’s arm as an amulet
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: holy texts and spoken blessing
literal_form: murmured holy texts and glad words
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: protective quarters of the sky
literal_form: all the quarters of the sky invoked to protect Ráma in the forest
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: farewell circumambulation
literal_form: Kauśalyá pacing round Ráma while blessing and embracing him
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: forest exile destination
literal_form: the forest where Ráma is to dwell for a long time
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: absent royal regalia and procession
literal_form: missing canopy, fans, bards, heralds, guilds, chariot, elephant, and
throne-bearer
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: consecration substances
literal_form: curds and honey that Bráhmans would pour on the king’s head
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: auspicious celestial timing
literal_form: Vrihaspati looking benign and the moon resting in Pushya’s sign
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Kauśalyá’s protective farewell
summary: Kauśalyá prepares Ráma for departure with scent, grain, an amulet, holy
texts, blessings, embraces, worship, and a prayer that the sky’s quarters protect
him in the forest.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Ráma’s passage through the city
summary: Ráma leaves his mother, passes through a crowded street, and affects the
people with his radiance and virtues.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Sítá sees Ráma’s grief
summary: Sítá, still expecting the royal rite, sees Ráma enter in distress and asks
what has changed him.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Questioning the absent coronation signs
summary: Sítá lists the royal and ritual signs that should accompany a consecrated
king and asks why they are absent.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: protective blessing before departure
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Before Ráma goes to the forest, Kauśalyá gives a protective amulet, speaks
blessings, invokes deities and sky quarters, and embraces him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the blessing and forest destination, but the larger
exile narrative is only partially present in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: dutiful departure from royal life to forest dwelling
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Kauśalyá refers to Ráma dwelling in the forest for a long time, and Ráma
is said to cleave to duty after receiving her benison.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The immediate cause of the forest departure is not narrated in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: interrupted or absent royal consecration
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Sítá expects the imperial rite but observes that the canopy, fans, bards,
anointing Bráhmans, chariot, elephant, and throne-bearer are absent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage indicates the expected rite is not manifest, but does not
itself narrate the political decision that prevented it.
- id: motif:4
label: filial obedience to a father’s decree
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Kauśalyá speaks of Ráma as faithful to his sire’s decree, and Ráma is described
as cleaving to duty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The father and decree are mentioned but not directly shown in the supplied
excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: recognition of crisis through missing ritual signs
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Sítá interprets Ráma’s distress by contrasting an auspicious coronation day
with the absence of royal ritual objects, attendants, and public celebration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: This is a scene of questioning and recognition rather than a full coronation
narrative.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'The passage functions as a departure pattern: a hero leaving for the forest
receives familial blessing, protective objects, ritual speech, and divine protection
before departure.'
claim_level: same_function
target: departure motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This claim concerns motif function within the passage, not historical
contact or cross-cultural transmission.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage also fits a royal-legitimacy pattern by defining expected kingship
through consecration substances, regalia, attendants, procession, and public acclamation,
all of which are conspicuously absent.
claim_level: same_function
target: royal_legitimacy motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage presents the absence of the rite rather than a completed
enthronement.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13924-13933
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyá places scent and grain on Ráma’s head, sets a protective
herb on his arm as an amulet, murmurs holy texts, and speaks glad words while
grieving.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 13934-13953
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyá kisses and embraces Ráma, tells him to go, blesses his
safe return to Ayodhyá, and speaks of seeing him rule after the forest exile.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 13954-13961
quote_or_summary: "“To Śiva and the heavenly host / My worship has been paid ...
Let all the quarters of the sky / Protect my child from wrong.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 13962-13969
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyá bestows blessings, circles Ráma, embraces him repeatedly
with tearful eyes, and Ráma presses her feet before going to Sítá’s home.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 13972-13981
quote_or_summary: Ráma leaves Kauśalyá, receives her benison, cleaves to duty, and
passes through the crowded street with radiance that moves the people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 13982-13991
quote_or_summary: Sítá has not heard of the woeful change, still thinks of the imperial
rite with delight, worships the gods, and waits for Ráma.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 13992-14007
quote_or_summary: Ráma enters dejected and gloomy; Sítá trembles, sees his anguish,
pallor, sweat, and grief, and asks what has changed him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 14008-14029
quote_or_summary: Sítá notes auspicious celestial signs and asks why Ráma lacks
the white canopy, royal fans, bards, heralds, and the signs of a new-made king.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 14030-14045
quote_or_summary: Sítá asks why Bráhmans do not pour curds and honey on Ráma’s head,
why guild chiefs and crowds are absent, and why no chariot, elephant, or gold
throne-bearer precedes him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal scene and object extraction is strongly supported by the supplied
text. Motif assignments rely on available taxonomy categories and should be reviewed
for alignment with project conventions.
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 historical-contact or inheritance claims are made. Comparison claims are limited to functional alignment with supplied motif-family labels.
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