batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l15435-l15520
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l15435-l15520
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 15435-15520
start: '15435'
end: '15520'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“But what has Ráma done to blame? / Why should his sentence be the same?”"
summary: Kaikeyí insists on Ráma’s exile by citing the precedent of Sagar expelling
his son Asamanj. Daśaratha and the counsellor Siddhárth reject the comparison,
explaining Asamanj’s crimes and emphasizing Ráma’s innocence.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Kaikeyí becomes visibly afraid and says Bharat should not receive an empty
or depleted realm.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Daśaratha rebukes Kaikeyí for pressing him after he has already been bound
to the burden she imposed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Kaikeyí invokes Sagar’s banishment of his eldest son Asamanj as a precedent
for sending Daśaratha’s son into exile.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Siddhárth answers that Asamanj threw playing infants into the Sarjú and took
pleasure in drowning children.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The people complained to Sagar and demanded that he choose between them and
Asamanj.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Sagar expelled Asamanj from the state, placing him with wife and possessions
on a car and commanding lifelong exile.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Asamanj wandered over mountains and pathless shade as a crime-defiled outcast.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Siddhárth states that Ráma has no visible fault and that sending the guiltless
to the wild would defy right.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Kaikeyí
description: Queen who fears for Bharat’s future realm, argues angrily, and cites
Asamanj’s exile as precedent.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Daśaratha
description: King who rebukes Kaikeyí and is portrayed as burdened by her demand.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Kaikeyí’s Bharat, named as the potential ruler of the realm.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Raghu’s son, described by Siddhárth as faultless, stainless, and guiltless.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sagar
description: Ancestor of Daśaratha’s line and righteous king who expelled his wicked
son Asamanj.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Asamanj
description: Sagar’s eldest son, described as cruel for drowning children and as
later expelled into exile.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Siddhárth
description: Good old counsellor and sage who answers Kaikeyí and defends Ráma against
the precedent of Asamanj.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: The people or citizens
description: People who report Asamanj’s acts to Sagar and demand action.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Infants and boys
description: Children said to have been seized and thrown into the Sarjú by Asamanj.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: queen pressing for exile
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Kaikeyí argues that Daśaratha’s son should go into exile, citing Sagar’s
precedent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: distressed king
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Daśaratha speaks of being bowed to a yoke and struggling under a load caused
by Kaikeyí’s demand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: prospective ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Kaikeyí says Bharat shall not gain or rule an empty realm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: innocent prince targeted for exile
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Ráma is named as the one Kaikeyí wishes to ruin and is described as having
no fault.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: righteous royal judge
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Sagar is said to have expelled his wicked offspring after citizens complained.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: criminal exiled son
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Asamanj is described as drowning children and being exiled by his father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: counsellor and defender
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Siddhárth replies to Kaikeyí, explains the Asamanj precedent, and argues
for Ráma’s innocence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: complaining subjects
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The people report Asamanj’s violence to the king and demand that he choose
between them and Asamanj.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: child victims
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The infants and boys are described as seized at play and cast into the Sarjú.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Sarjú flood
literal_form: river flood into which children are cast
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: wood or wild
literal_form: the wood or wild to which Ráma may be sent
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: mountain heights and pathless shade
literal_form: places through which Asamanj wanders in exile
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: moon without blot
literal_form: image of purity used for Ráma’s life
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: empty realm as wine-cup dregs
literal_form: Kaikeyí’s image of a depleted kingdom as dull dregs after foam and
life have departed
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Kaikeyí fears an emptied kingdom
summary: Kaikeyí reacts fearfully and says Bharat should not inherit a realm emptied
of its sweetness and vitality.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Daśaratha rebukes Kaikeyí
summary: Daśaratha angrily addresses Kaikeyí, accusing her of driving him harder
after binding him to her demand.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: The Asamanj precedent is invoked and answered
summary: Kaikeyí cites Sagar’s exile of Asamanj as a model for Ráma’s exile; Siddhárth
replies that Asamanj was punished for drowning children.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Exile of Asamanj contrasted with Ráma’s innocence
summary: Sagar expels Asamanj into lifelong exile, while Siddhárth argues that Ráma
has committed no comparable fault and should not be driven to the wild.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: prince sent or threatened with exile
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The passage concerns a demand that Ráma go to the wood and a recalled precedent
in which Asamanj is expelled into lifelong exile.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is argumentative and retrospective; it does not narrate Ráma’s
actual departure here.
- id: motif:2
label: royal succession endangered by exile
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Kaikeyí frames Bharat’s rule as dependent on the removal of Ráma, and the
debate turns on whether royal exile is legitimate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt gives only part of the larger succession conflict.
- id: motif:3
label: innocent hero contrasted with guilty exile
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Siddhárth contrasts Asamanj, whose crimes justified expulsion, with Ráma,
whose life is described as faultless.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: This label is a passage-level pattern rather than a supplied taxonomy
family.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly compares the proposed exile of Ráma with Sagar’s earlier
expulsion of Asamanj, but Siddhárth rejects the equivalence because Asamanj was
guilty and Ráma is presented as faultless.
claim_level: same_function
target: dynastic precedent of Sagar expelling Asamanj
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is internal to the passage and concerns rhetorical function,
not evidence of historical contact or broader cross-cultural inheritance.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 15435-15448
quote_or_summary: Kaikeyí grows fearful and says Bharat shall not rule an empty
realm or a depleted kingdom compared to wine-cup dregs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 15449-15458
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha rebukes Kaikeyí, asking why she goads him after bowing
him to the yoke and why she did not oppose his earlier hope.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 15463-15468
quote_or_summary: Kaikeyí says Sagar drove forth his eldest son Asamanj and that
Daśaratha’s son should likewise go to exile.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short passage evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 15476-15494
quote_or_summary: Siddhárth says Asamanj seized infants at play and threw them into
the Sarjú; the people complained to the king and demanded he choose between them
and Asamanj.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 15495-15506
quote_or_summary: Sagar hears the citizens, expels Asamanj with wife and goods on
a car, commands lifelong exile, and Asamanj wanders through mountains and pathless
shade as a criminal outcast.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 15507-15520
quote_or_summary: Siddhárth asks what Ráma has done, says no fault is seen in him,
compares him to a spotless moon, and warns that driving the guiltless to the wild
would defy right and bring disgrace.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage clearly names the figures and the internal comparison between
Asamanj’s justified exile and Ráma’s proposed unjust exile. Motif taxonomy assignment
is limited because the excerpt is a debate about exile rather than a complete
departure episode.
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 the provided passage and metadata; taxonomy references limited to supplied available lists where directly supported.
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