batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l15659-l15786
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l15659-l15786
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love.
/ Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark.;
lines 15659-15786
start: '15659'
end: '15786'
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: The passage shows Sita appearing in bark garments, the people reproaching
the king, Dasaratha protesting that Sita is innocent and should not be forced
into ascetic dress, Rama asking his father to care for Kausalya during his exile,
and Dasaratha collapsing in grief before ordering Sumantra to prepare the chariot
and carry Rama beyond the state.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The people see Sita clothed in bark garments and cry shame on the king.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Dasaratha says Sita must not go in garments of a devotee and asks what fault
can be found in her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Dasaratha states that the oath he swore concerned Rama and that Sita should
be free of it.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Rama, still ready to depart, asks his father to show Kausalya special love
and tenderness after he is gone.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Rama says Kausalya may live absorbed in thought of him and may die of grief
if not cared for.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Dasaratha is overcome by distress, loses his senses, and cannot answer Rama.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Dasaratha laments seeing Rama exchange royal garments for hermit garb.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Dasaratha blames Kaikeyi for the people’s grief and describes her act as sinful.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: After fainting and regaining consciousness, Dasaratha orders Sumantra to yoke
a light car and drive Rama beyond the state boundary.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sita
description: Janak's child and the Maithil bride, seen wearing bark garments and
defended as innocent, gentle, modest, true, and mild.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Dasaratha / the king / Ikshvaku's son
description: The grieving lord of earth and father who reproaches Kaikeyi, defends
Sita, laments Rama's departure, faints, and orders the chariot prepared.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Kaikeyi
description: The queen addressed by Dasaratha as responsible for Rama's banishment
and for pressing Sita toward hermit dress.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Rama
description: Dasaratha's son and heir, prepared to go into exile, wearing hermit
dress, and asking that Kausalya be cared for.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Kausalya
description: Rama's revered, submissive, gentle, aged mother, whom Rama fears will
suffer overwhelming grief after his departure.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sumantra
description: The wise attendant addressed by Dasaratha and ordered to yoke the car
and drive Rama beyond the state.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: the people
description: The people who see Sita in bark clothing and reproach the king.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Janak
description: Named as Sita's father through the phrase Janak's child.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: innocent bride pressed toward ascetic exile
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Dasaratha says no fault can be found in Sita and protests her bark clothing
and journey to the wild.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: grieving king and father bound by oath
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Dasaratha defends the limit of his oath, laments Rama's departure, collapses
in grief, and commands the departure arrangements.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: instigator of exile hardship
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Dasaratha accuses Kaikeyi of sending Rama to banishment and of seeking to
force Sita into hermit dress.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: obedient departing son and heir
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Rama remains prepared to go, asks for care for his mother, and is to be driven
beyond the state.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: bereaved mother at risk from grief
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Rama describes Kausalya as left in a sea of woe and asks that she not die
of sorrow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: royal attendant ordered to conduct departure
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Dasaratha tells Sumantra to yoke the car and drive Rama beyond the limit
of the state.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: public witnesses and reproachers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The people witness Sita's bark clothing and cry shame on the king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: father of Sita
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Sita is identified as Janak's child.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: bark vesture / hermit dress
literal_form: bark garments and ascetic clothing
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: wood or wild
literal_form: the wood or wild as the destination of hardship and exile
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: royal clothing and wealth
literal_form: fine soft robes, royal wealth, and royal rank contrasted with hermit
garb
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: chariot of departure
literal_form: light car with fleet coursers
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: Yama's realm
literal_form: Yama's realm named as the possible destination if Kausalya dies of
grief
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: burning fire image
literal_form: Rama described as glorious like burning fire while in hermit garb
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Sita in bark and public reproach
summary: The people see Sita dressed in bark and reproach the king; Dasaratha protests
that Sita is innocent and should not be forced into a devotee's garments or the
hardships of the wild.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Rama's plea for Kausalya
summary: Rama, still prepared to leave, asks Dasaratha to care tenderly for Kausalya
so that grief in his absence does not destroy her.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Dasaratha's collapse and command to Sumantra
summary: Dasaratha faints and laments Rama's change from royal dress to hermit garb,
blames Kaikeyi, then orders Sumantra to prepare the chariot and take Rama beyond
the state's boundary.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: departure into exile
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Rama is repeatedly described as prepared to go, clothed in hermit garb, and
finally ordered to be driven beyond the state boundary toward the wood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage focuses on the moments before departure rather than the journey
itself.
- id: motif:2
label: royal crisis under a binding oath
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The king is publicly shamed, insists that his oath applied only to Rama,
and orders the heir of lofty fate away from the state despite grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The broader political circumstances of the oath and succession are only
partially present in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: innocent bride marked for ascetic hardship
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sita is defended as faultless and royal, yet appears in bark vesture and
is associated with the hardships of the wild and a hermit band.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a local narrative pattern rather than a mapped taxonomy motif
in the supplied list.
- id: motif:4
label: grief at separation threatens death
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama fears Kausalya may pass to Yama's realm from sorrow, and Dasaratha collapses
and laments while seeing Rama depart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states grief and threatened death, but not an actual death
or resurrection sequence.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 15659-15662
quote_or_summary: The people see Sita in bark clothing and cry, “Shame upon thee,
King!”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15663-15712
quote_or_summary: Dasaratha tells Kaikeyi that Sita must not flee in devotee garments,
asks what fault is in Janak's child, and says his oath concerned Rama only.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 15713-15730
quote_or_summary: Rama, ready to go, asks Dasaratha to care for Kausalya so grief
in his absence will not send her to Yama's realm.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 15731-15740
quote_or_summary: After hearing Rama and seeing him in hermit dress, Dasaratha's
senses fail and he cannot reply.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 15741-15771
quote_or_summary: Dasaratha laments seeing Rama leave fine robes for hermit garb,
calls him glorious like burning fire, and blames Kaikeyi's deed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 15772-15786
quote_or_summary: After fainting and recovering, Dasaratha tells wise Sumantra to
yoke the light car and drive Rama beyond the state.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif assignments
are cautious and limited to the provided taxonomy where applicable; no comparison
claims were added because the passage itself does not support a cross-text comparison.
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: |-
The provided passage locator label mentions several canto titles, while the passage text itself includes the heading 'Canto XXXIX. Counsel To Sita.' This extraction follows the supplied text and line range.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l15659-l15786
passage_sha256=151f38deae6a4382fccbd9c21b0eb288285c599dff3f96c2d61a6577e5fa5656