batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l14936-l15107
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l14936-l15107
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto
XXX. The Triumph Of Love. / Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures.; lines 14936-15107
start: '14936'
end: '15107'
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: Sita, Rama, and Lakshman distribute wealth to Brahmans and go to the king's
palace. Crowds mourn Rama's impending exile, praise his virtues, lament Sita's
exposure to hardship, and say they will follow Rama into the wood. Rama continues
unchanged in purpose and reaches the palace. He sends Sumantra to announce him.
Sumantra finds the grieving king, reports Rama's arrival and farewell gifts, and
the king orders his wives and ladies gathered before Rama is admitted.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sita and the two princes give much wealth to Brahmans before going to the
monarch's house.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The princes take heavenly-looking arms that had been adorned by Sita.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Crowds gather on houses, terraces, roofs, turrets, and porticoes to see Rama
pass without a royal shade over his head.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The crowd says Lakshman alone attends Rama with Sita.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The crowd says Rama will not swerve from duty and will preserve his father's
truth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The crowd laments that Sita, formerly sheltered, now walks exposed to sun,
rain, cold, and heat.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The crowd praises Rama as tender, kind, pure, docile, religious, and passion-free.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The crowd likens the people's grief to aquatic creatures in dried channels
and to a tree decaying when its root is cut away.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The crowd declares that they will follow Rama, leave their homes, and make
the wood their city and home.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The crowd imagines their abandoned houses without rites, offerings, incense,
Brahman chanting, sacrificial fire, or care.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Rama hears the crowd's words but does not change his fixed purpose.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Rama reaches his father's palace, which is compared to Kailasa's hill, and
sees Sumantra standing there mournfully.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Rama orders Sumantra to tell his father that he is present.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: Sumantra enters and finds the king weeping, sighing, and dazed by grief for
Rama.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: Sumantra tells the king that Rama waits at the gates, has distributed his
wealth, and wishes to see him before going to the wilds.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:16
text: The king orders Sumantra to summon all his wives and ladies before Rama is
brought in.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: obs:17
text: The women obey and gather around Queen Kausalya in the royal hall with eyes
reddened from weeping.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rama
description: A beloved prince, called a hero and the king's son, proceeding toward
exile while preserving his father's truth.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:15
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sita
description: Rama's companion, described as fair and gently nurtured, walking with
him and Lakshman and associated with adorning the arms.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: A prince who alone of Rama's friends attends Rama, according to the
crowd.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The crowd / people of the city
description: A mournful multitude of all conditions gathered to view Rama and speaking
grief-stricken words.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The king / Rama's father
description: The grieving monarch, called truthful and law-keeping, lying in sorrow
and requesting that his women gather before Rama is admitted.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:16
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sumantra
description: A mournful charioteer who carries messages between Rama and the king.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Brahmans
description: Recipients of wealth from Sita and the princes; also mentioned in the
crowd's image of abandoned homes where no Brahmans chant.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Queen Kausalya
description: Queen around whom the king's wives and ladies gather in the royal hall.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: The king's wives and ladies
description: A large group of palace women summoned to the hall, weeping and gathered
around Kausalya.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Kaikeyi
description: Named by the crowd as the one who may rule over the abandoned homes.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: exiled or departing prince
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama is preparing to seek the wilds after giving farewell gifts and receiving
public lamentation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:15
- id: role:2
label: virtuous heir beloved by the people
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The crowd praises Rama's virtues and says all share his grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: faithful wife or companion facing hardship
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sita walks with Rama and is lamented as formerly sheltered but now exposed
to weather and public view.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: loyal attendant companion
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The crowd says Lakshman alone of Rama's friends attends him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: mourning civic witness
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The people gather to watch Rama and speak grief-stricken words about following
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: grieving father
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Sumantra finds the king weeping and dazed by grief for Rama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: role:7
label: law-bound monarch
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The king is described as truthful and devoted to law.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: role:8
label: messenger charioteer
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Rama sends Sumantra to announce him, and Sumantra reports Rama's arrival
to the king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: role:9
label: ritual recipient or ritual specialist
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Brahmans receive wealth and are later mentioned as chanters in household
rites.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: chief queen in mourning assembly
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The palace women gather around Queen Kausalya while weeping.
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: role:11
label: summoned palace mourners
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The women are summoned by the king and assemble with red eyes from weeping.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- id: role:12
label: queen associated with abandoned city rule
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The crowd says Kaikeyi may be queen over the empty homes after they leave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: heavenly arms
literal_form: Weapons of glorious appearance, adorned with garland and band by Sita
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: royal shade absent
literal_form: No royal shade screening Rama's head
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: dried water channels
literal_form: Creatures of the stream suffering when channels dry in great heat
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: cut root and decaying tree
literal_form: Tree, fruit, flower, and bud decaying when the root is hewn away
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: abandoned sacrificial fire
literal_form: No fire of sacrifice bright in deserted homes
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: wood as city and home
literal_form: The forest where Rama's feet roam imagined as the people's city and
home
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: serpents leaving holes
literal_form: Serpents imagined departing their holes when the people enter the
wilds
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: Kailasa-like palace
literal_form: Rama's father's palace compared to Kailasa's hill
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Gifts and preparation to see the king
summary: Sita and the princes give wealth to Brahmans, take adorned arms, and go
toward the aged king's house.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Public lament on Rama's road
summary: The people crowd roofs and terraces to see Rama, lament his loss of royal
status and Sita's hardship, praise his duty, and vow to follow him into the wood.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:3
label: Rama reaches the palace
summary: Rama hears the crowd without changing his purpose, approaches the Kailasa-like
palace, and sees Sumantra standing gloomily.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: scene:4
label: Sumantra reports to the grieving king
summary: Rama sends Sumantra to announce his presence; Sumantra finds the king in
grief and reports that Rama waits to see him before going to the wilds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: scene:5
label: Palace women summoned
summary: The king orders all his wives and ladies gathered; they obey and assemble
around Kausalya before Rama is brought in.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Departure into exile after farewell gifts
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- sacred_exchange
basis: Rama is about to seek the wilds, and before doing so he and his companions
distribute wealth to Brahmans and household dependents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes departure and gifting; the ritual or theological
status of the exchange should not be extended beyond the stated almsgiving.
- id: motif:2
label: Beloved prince's exile causes civic mourning
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The city crowds mourn Rama, praise his virtues, and treat his removal as
a loss shared by the whole community.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate political restoration here; royal legitimacy
is inferred only from public devotion and princely status.
- id: motif:3
label: Loyal companions accompany the hero into hardship
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Sita and Lakshman accompany Rama, and the people declare their wish to follow
him to the wood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The crowd's vow is spoken here, but this passage does not show the whole
population actually departing.
- id: motif:4
label: Forest transformed into home through loyalty to the hero
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The crowd says the wood where Rama walks will become their city and home,
while the city they abandon will become a wilderness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a voiced image or intention by the crowd, not yet an enacted transformation
in the passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Grieving father before departing son
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The king, Rama's father, is shown weeping and dazed by grief before seeing
his son who is about to go to the wilds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy label includes 'divine,' but this passage itself
presents the relationship in royal familial terms rather than explicitly divine
terms.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 14936-14939
quote_or_summary: Sita and the brave princes give much wealth to Brahmans, then
go to the monarch's house to see the aged king.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 14940-14943
quote_or_summary: The princes take heavenly-looking arms, adorned with garland and
band by Sita's hand.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 14944-14959
quote_or_summary: A mournful crowd fills houses, terraces, roofs, turrets, and porticoes
to gaze on Rama walking without a royal shade.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 14960-14963
quote_or_summary: "“Now Lakshmaṇ, sole of all his friends, / With Sítá on his steps
attends.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 14964-14967
quote_or_summary: The crowd says Rama has known power and given liberally, yet will
not leave duty's path and will preserve his father's truth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 14968-14975
quote_or_summary: The crowd laments that Sita, once veiled even from spirits of
the air, now walks exposed to public view and harsh weather.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 14984-14987
quote_or_summary: "“Tender and kind and pure is he, / Docile, religious, passion-free.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 14988-15003
quote_or_summary: The crowd says the people grieve with Rama like stream creatures
in dried channels, and compares Rama to a root whose loss makes tree, fruit, flower,
and bud decay.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 15004-15033
quote_or_summary: The crowd says they will follow Rama, leave homes, make the wood
their city and home, and imagine animals and serpents leaving the forest as they
arrive.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 15012-15027
quote_or_summary: The crowd imagines deserted houses with dust, broken doors, neglected
shrines, no water offerings, no incense, no Brahman chanting, no sacrificial fire,
and no rites, leaving Kaikeyi to rule them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 15034-15038
quote_or_summary: Rama hears the varied words of the crowd but does not change his
firmly set purpose.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 15039-15047
quote_or_summary: Rama nears his father's palace, compared to Kailasa's hill, enters
the court, and sees Sumantra standing with downcast eyes and gloomy cheer.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: quote
locator: lines 15048-15053
quote_or_summary: "“Go tell my sire that I am here.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 15054-15069
quote_or_summary: Sumantra enters the palace and sees the king weeping, sighing,
and overcome with grief for Rama, like the sun in shade, fire under ashes, or
a dried pool.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 15070-15083
quote_or_summary: Sumantra tells the king that Rama waits at the gates, has given
away his wealth, has said farewell to friends, and wants to see the king before
seeking the wilds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: lines 15084-15099
quote_or_summary: The truthful king orders Sumantra to call all his wives and ladies
so they may surround him when he sees Rama.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: lines 15100-15107
quote_or_summary: The palace women obey, gather in the royal hall around Queen Kausalya,
and are described as lovely and red-eyed from weeping; the king then orders Rama
brought in.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the passage. Motif labels are candidates
based only on this excerpt and available taxonomy; no cross-text comparison is
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 comparison beyond internal motif candidates.
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