batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l17481-l17609
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l17481-l17609
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark.
/ Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers.; lines 17481-17609
start: '17481'
end: '17609'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“I go: bring fig-tree juice that I / In matted coils my hair may tie.”"
summary: Sumantra laments that he must return to Ayodhya without Rama and begs to
share Rama's banishment. Rama refuses, explaining that Sumantra's return will
prove the exile to Kaikeyi and help secure Bharata's rule and the king's oath.
Rama then tells Guha that he must live as a recluse, asks for fig-tree juice to
bind his hair, and he and Lakshman take on matted hair and bark garments like
forest hermits. Rama closes by advising Guha to guard his people, wealth, army,
and forts.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sumantra says the people of Ayodhya will grieve more when they see the chariot
return without Rama.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Sumantra asks Rama to let him share the banishment and says he cannot return
to Ayodhya without him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Sumantra says that if Rama abandons him, flames shall end both his car and
himself.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Rama tells Sumantra to return to the town so that Kaikeyi will be convinced
Rama is in the wilderness and that the king has kept his oath.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Rama states that Kaikeyi should see Bharata securely reigning over Ayodhya.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Rama tells Guha that crowds should not gather at his retreat because he must
live as a strict recluse according to hermit practice.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Rama asks Guha to bring fig-tree juice so he can tie his hair in matted coils.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Guha brings the fig-tree juice for Rama.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Rama makes matted braids from his own and Lakshman's long hair.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Rama and Lakshman stand in coats of bark and matted hair, likened to hermit
saints who love the wood.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Rama advises Guha to care for people, treasure, army, and forts because guarding
a realm is supremely hard.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rama
description: The prince and son of Raghu who accepts banishment, instructs Sumantra,
adopts hermit signs, and advises Guha.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sumantra
description: Rama's charioteer and faithful servant who laments returning to Ayodhya
without Rama and begs to share the exile.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Rama's brother whose hair Rama also makes into a hermit braid; he stands
with Rama in bark garments and matted hair.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Guha
description: Rama's royal friend who brings fig-tree juice and is advised by Rama
to guard his realm.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Kaikeyi
description: The youngest queen, whose certainty about Rama's banishment is part
of Rama's reason for sending Sumantra back.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Bharata
description: Kaikeyi's son, whom Rama says should securely reign over Ayodhya.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Kausalya
description: A queen whom Sumantra fears grieving if he tells her he left her son
away from Ayodhya.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: People of Ayodhya
description: The town's people, described by Sumantra as sick at heart because Rama
roams afar.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: exiled prince
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama is described as roaming the wilderness and accepting banishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: newly marked forest hermit
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:3
basis: Rama and Lakshman wear bark coats and matted hair and are compared to hermit
saints of the wood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: devoted charioteer-servant
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sumantra identifies himself as Rama's servant, seeks to follow him, and cannot
bear returning without him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: brother-companion in exile
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Lakshman is named as Rama's brother and receives the same hermit hairstyle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: forest ally and friend
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Rama addresses Guha as a dear friend and asks his help in preparing for recluse
life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: local king or ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage calls Guha royal and Rama instructs him on guarding people, treasure,
army, and forts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: queen requiring proof of exile
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Rama sends Sumantra back so Kaikeyi will see proof that Rama roams the wilderness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: intended ruler of Ayodhya
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Rama says Bharata should securely reign over Ayodhya.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: grieving mother-queen
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Sumantra imagines how he could speak to Kausalya about having taken her son
away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:10
label: mourning subjects
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Sumantra says the people are sick at heart because Rama is away and will
grieve at the empty chariot.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: empty chariot
literal_form: The car returning to Ayodhya without Rama.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: fig-tree juice
literal_form: Juice from a fig tree used to bind hair into matted coils.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: matted hair
literal_form: Long locks tied into hermit braids or matted coils.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: coats of bark
literal_form: Bark garments worn by Rama and Lakshman.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: forest retreat
literal_form: The calm retreat in the wild wood where Rama says he must live as
a strict recluse.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Sumantra's lament and plea
summary: Sumantra laments returning to Ayodhya without Rama, anticipates the grief
of the people and queens, and begs to remain with Rama in exile.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Rama explains the necessary return
summary: Rama tells Sumantra that his return will prove the exile to Kaikeyi, uphold
the king's oath, and allow Bharata to reign securely.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Adoption of hermit marks
summary: Rama tells Guha that he must live as a strict recluse, asks for fig-tree
juice, and he and Lakshman take on matted hair and bark clothing like forest hermits.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Rama advises Guha on rulership
summary: Rama instructs Guha to watch over his people, treasure, army, and forts
because the task of sovereignty is hard.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: departure into exile from the city
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The passage centers on Rama's separation from Ayodhya, Sumantra's return
without him, and the confirmation that Rama roams the wilderness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents a segment within a larger exile narrative; it does
not narrate the original departure itself.
- id: motif:2
label: faithful servant asks to share the lord's banishment
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sumantra repeatedly begs to remain with Rama, offering service in the forest
and rejecting return to Ayodhya without him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly names this loyalty pattern.
- id: motif:3
label: royal renunciation marked by ascetic transformation
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Rama accepts the rule of ascetics, requests fig-tree juice, and he and Lakshman
take on matted hair and bark garments like hermit saints.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage shows external marks and vows of hermit life; it does not
describe a formal ritual initiation beyond these acts.
- id: motif:4
label: exile used to secure succession and uphold an oath
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
- covenant
basis: Rama says Sumantra must return so Kaikeyi will trust the king's oath and
see Bharata securely reigning in Ayodhya.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions the oath and succession but gives limited details
of the prior political conflict.
- id: motif:5
label: kingly counsel from departing hero to allied ruler
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Rama, while departing into recluse life, advises Guha to care for his people,
treasure, army, and forts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a brief advisory speech, not an extended wisdom discourse.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 17481-17527
quote_or_summary: Sumantra predicts Ayodhya's grief when the people see the empty
car and worries how he can speak to Kausalya after leaving Rama away from the
city.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 17528-17572
quote_or_summary: Sumantra refuses to return without Rama, asks to share his banishment,
offers service with the chariot and horses, and says flames will end his car and
himself if deserted.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 17573-17603
quote_or_summary: Rama acknowledges Sumantra's attachment but orders him home so
Kaikeyi will be assured of Rama's banishment, the king's oath, and Bharata's secure
rule over Ayodhya.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 17604-17609 and following passage continuation in supplied text
quote_or_summary: Rama tells Guha it is not fitting for people to crowd his retreat,
says he must live as a strict recluse by hermit use, and asks for fig-tree juice
to tie his hair in matted coils.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: supplied passage after Rama's request to Guha
quote_or_summary: Guha brings the sacred fig-tree juice; Rama makes his own and
Lakshman's long locks into hermit braids, and the brothers stand in bark coats
and matted hair like hermit saints of the wood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: supplied passage closing lines
quote_or_summary: Rama tells King Guha to care constantly for people, treasure,
army, and fortified places, since the sovereign's task is hard.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied English passage. Motif labels are
conservative and limited to available taxonomy where supported; no comparison
claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly support cross-traditional
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'
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