batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l15109-l15265
---
record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l15109-l15265
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 15109-15265
start: '15109'
end: '15265'
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: Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá come before the grieving king. Daśaratha faints,
laments the exile, offers Ráma the throne, then asks him at least to stay one
night. Ráma refuses kingship and delay, upholds the promised boon and his father’s
word, declares Bharat should rule, and prepares to depart for fourteen years in
the forest with Lakshmaṇ and Sítá.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sumantra goes, and Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá are led into the monarch’s presence.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The king sees Ráma approach with raised palms, rises from his seat, runs toward
him, falls, and faints.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Lakshmaṇ and Ráma fall beside the king, women in the hall lament, the brothers
embrace him, and Sítá helps lay him on a couch.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Ráma asks the king to bid him farewell, bless him, and permit Lakshmaṇ and
Sítá to accompany him to Daṇḍak wood.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Daśaratha says Kaikeyí’s requested boons misled him and tells Ráma to rule
in his place.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Ráma answers that he will live in the woods for fourteen years and return
when his exile is complete.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Daśaratha, while granting departure, asks Ráma to stay one more night and
depart the next morning.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Ráma refuses delay, renounces the land and its wealth, asks that Bharat reign,
and insists on fulfilling his father’s spoken word.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Ráma states that a father is taught to be a god even to gods, and says he
honors his father as a god.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Ráma describes the wood as containing peaceful deer and many birds, and tells
the king that fourteen years will pass and he will be restored to his sight.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sumantra
description: A figure who goes before the arrival of Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ráma
description: The king’s son who approaches with raised palms, asks leave for exile,
refuses kingship, and vows to uphold his father’s word.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: Ráma’s brother, present beside him and named by Ráma as his companion
in the forest.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sítá / the Maithil dame
description: The Maithil dame who comes with Ráma and Lakshmaṇ, helps with the king,
and is named by Ráma as one who will follow him.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Daśaratha / the king
description: The aged monarch and father of Ráma, overcome by sorrow, who offers
Ráma the throne and then reluctantly sends him away.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Kaikeyí
description: The queen whose boons are said to have caused the king’s decision and
who urged him on unseen.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Bharat
description: The person whom Ráma says should reign over the land after his renunciation.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Women in the hall
description: A thousand women lament around the king’s body in the hall.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: attendant or messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sumantra goes before Ráma and the others are led to the monarch’s presence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: obedient son upholding paternal command
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ráma repeatedly says he will keep his father’s decree and spoken word.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: exile departing to the forest
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ráma says he will go to Daṇḍak wood and dwell in the woods for fourteen years.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: brotherly companion in exile
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Ráma asks that Lakshmaṇ be his companion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: wife or companion following into exile
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Ráma says Sítá will follow him and she assists in caring for the king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: grieving father
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The king faints from sorrow and asks for more time with his son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: truth-bound king
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The king is described as captive in the snare of truth, and Ráma insists
that his word be fulfilled.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: queen whose boons require exile
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Daśaratha attributes the boons and his resulting command to Kaikeyí.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: designated ruler in Ráma’s absence
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Ráma says Bharat should reign over the land he resigns.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: royal mourners
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The women in the hall wail and weep around the king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Daṇḍak wood / lonely wood
literal_form: The forest place to which Ráma says he will go for exile.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: raised palms
literal_form: Ráma approaches his father with raised palms.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: father as god
literal_form: Ráma’s spoken teaching that a father is the god of each and that he
honors his father as a god.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: spoken word and promised boon
literal_form: The king’s granted boon and decree that Ráma treats as binding.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: forest animals and birds
literal_form: Peaceful deer and voices of many birds in the wood.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Approach to the grieving king
summary: Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá enter the monarch’s presence; the king sees Ráma,
rises, collapses, and is tended by the brothers and Sítá while women lament.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Request for leave to enter the forest
summary: Ráma asks his father for farewell, blessing, and permission to depart to
Daṇḍak wood with Lakshmaṇ and Sítá.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Offer of kingship and refusal
summary: Daśaratha says Kaikeyí’s boons misled him and tells Ráma to rule; Ráma
answers that he will live in the woods for fourteen years and later return.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: One-night delay refused
summary: Daśaratha asks Ráma to remain one night, but Ráma insists on departing
that day, renounces wealth and rule, and says Bharat should reign.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Father’s word and forest departure affirmed
summary: Ráma states that he honors his father as a god, will keep his decree, and
urges the king to stop grieving over the fourteen-year exile.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: departure into forest exile
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Ráma insists on leaving that day for Daṇḍak wood and dwelling in the woods
for fourteen years with Lakshmaṇ and Sítá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes departure and exile; later exile events are outside
this passage.
- id: motif:2
label: renunciation of kingship to preserve truth
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Ráma refuses the throne, gives the land and its wealth to Bharat, and acts
so the king’s promised word remains true.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage concerns succession and legitimacy through vow-keeping, but
does not narrate Bharat’s enthronement here.
- id: motif:3
label: father as divine authority
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Ráma says scripture teaches that a father is a god and declares that he honors
his father as a god while obeying his decree.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses explicit religious language for paternal authority, but
Ráma’s wider divine status is not established within this excerpt alone.
- id: motif:4
label: binding boon or vow governs action
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Daśaratha’s granted boons to Kaikeyí and his spoken decree bind the king
and Ráma despite their sorrow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy term is approximate; the passage speaks of boons,
truth, and spoken word rather than a formal covenant.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly compares the king’s sending of Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and
Sítá to Brahmá sending his children.
claim_level: same_function
target: divine parent sending children
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is an internal simile in Ráma’s speech, not evidence of a broader
historical or cross-cultural relationship.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 15109-15124
quote_or_summary: Sumantra goes; Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá are led to the king. The
king sees Ráma with raised palms, rises, runs toward him, falls, and faints.
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 15125-15138
quote_or_summary: Ráma and Lakshmaṇ fall beside the half-lifeless king; women in
the hall lament; the brothers embrace him, and Sítá helps lay him on a couch.
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 15139-15155
quote_or_summary: Ráma asks the king to bid farewell, give a blessing, and let Lakshmaṇ
and Sítá go with him to Daṇḍak wood, saying the king should send them as Brahmá
sends his children.
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 15156-15163
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha says he granted Kaikeyí’s boons and was misled, then
tells Ráma to be ruler in his father’s stead.
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 15164-15177
quote_or_summary: Ráma replies reverently that the king should continue to reign,
while he will live in the woods for nine plus five years and return when his vows
and exile are over.
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 15178-15208
quote_or_summary: The king, described as bound by truth, tells Ráma to go but asks
him to stay one night, enjoy royal food, and depart the next morning; he grieves
and blames Kaikeyí’s counsel.
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 15209-15243
quote_or_summary: Ráma says he prefers immediate departure, resigns the land, wealth,
people, and grain, says Bharat should reign, and insists that Kaikeyí’s boon and
the king’s decree be fulfilled.
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 15244-15265
quote_or_summary: Ráma urges the king not to weep, says the wood has deer and birds,
states that a father is a god and that he honors his father as a god, and says
the fourteen years will pass.
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 is explicit about the departure, vow-bound obedience, succession,
and father-as-divine-authority themes. Taxonomy mapping is partly approximate
for vow/boon material.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l15109-l15265
passage_sha256=823239a9ebb2adb89010eed52eb81d19f2f90d2639ea8ad6e5c0aa4258e6c4e8