batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l18361-l18525
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l18361-l18525
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 18361-18525
start: '18361'
end: '18525'
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: After Ráma crosses the river, Guha returns home in sorrow and Sumantra
drives back to Ayodhyá. The city and palace mourn Ráma’s exile. Sumantra reports
Ráma’s message to Daśaratha, who faints from grief. Kauśalyá reproaches the king
and asks him to speak. When Daśaratha regains consciousness, he asks Sumantra
for detailed news of Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá in the forest.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Ráma has reached the southern bank, after which King Guha, sorrowful, goes
home.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Sumantra yokes the horses to the chariot and returns toward Ayodhyá with a
sad heart.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: On the third day, near night, Sumantra reaches Ayodhyá’s gate and finds the
city filled with sorrow.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Crowds gather around the chariot and ask where Ráma is.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Sumantra tells the people that he brought Ráma to the Gangá shore, left him
there at Ráma’s request, and returned to Ayodhyá.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The people weep when they learn that Ráma is across the flood.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The town is described as having been cared for by Ráma like a kind father.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Sumantra passes through the palace courts and sees Daśaratha pale, faint,
weeping, and worn by sorrow for his son.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Sumantra bows to the king and repeats the message he bore from Ráma.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Daśaratha hears the message, says nothing, faints, and falls to the ground
overcome by grief for Ráma.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Kauśalyá, aided by Sumitrá, raises Daśaratha and asks why he does not answer
Ráma’s messenger.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Kauśalyá refers to the injustice done and tells Daśaratha to speak freely
because Kaikeyí is not nearby.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Kauśalyá falls prostrate while sobbing, and the ladies gather and weep.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: When Daśaratha’s memory returns, he summons Sumantra to hear news of Ráma.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: Daśaratha asks where Ráma will live, what food he will eat, and how he will
sleep on the ground in exile.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:16
text: Daśaratha asks how Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá entered the forest after leaving
the chariot.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: obs:17
text: Daśaratha compares the sight of his two sons in the forest shade to the heavenly
Aśvins beneath Mandar’s peak.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: obs:18
text: Daśaratha asks Sumantra to report the words of Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá, and
the details of Ráma’s food, bed, and seat in the wood.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Exiled prince who has crossed the flood and gone toward the forest;
the city, his father, and his mother mourn him.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:15
- ev:18
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: King Guha
description: King who is sorrowful after Ráma reaches the southern bank and then
goes home.
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- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sumantra
description: Charioteer who returns to Ayodhyá, reports Ráma’s location to the people,
and bears Ráma’s message to Daśaratha.
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- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:9
- ev:14
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: People of Ayodhyá
description: Crowds and townspeople who ask for Ráma and weep when they hear he
is across the flood.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Daśaratha
description: King and father of Ráma, found weeping in the palace; he faints after
hearing Ráma’s message and later questions Sumantra about Ráma’s forest life.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:18
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Kauśalyá
description: Queen who helps raise Daśaratha, reproaches him, asks him to respond
to Ráma’s messenger, and then collapses in grief.
role_refs:
- role:10
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Sumitrá
description: Queen who aids Kauśalyá in raising Daśaratha from the ground.
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- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Royal ladies
description: Women in the palace who mourn for banished Ráma and gather around the
grieving king and queen.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:19
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: Ráma’s brother, mentioned by Daśaratha as one of the two sons seen
entering the forest shade and as one whose words Sumantra should report.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Sítá
description: Companion of Ráma and Lakshmaṇ in the forest, described by Daśaratha
as good, soft, and fair.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:18
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Kaikeyí
description: Queen mentioned by Kauśalyá as not being nearby when Daśaratha is urged
to speak freely.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Heavenly Aśvins
description: Divine twins used in Daśaratha’s comparison for the sight of his two
sons in the forest shade.
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- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
roles:
- id: role:1
label: exiled prince
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma is described as banished and dwelling in the woods away from Ayodhyá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:15
- id: role:2
label: beloved absent son
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Daśaratha grieves for Ráma as his son and asks for news of him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: role:3
label: father-like protector of the city
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The town is said to have been kept by Ráma as by a kind father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: sorrowing ally
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- fig:2
basis: Guha’s heart sinks with sorrow after Ráma reaches the southern bank.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: charioteer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sumantra yokes horses to the car, drives to Ayodhyá, and is addressed as
the charioteer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:14
- id: role:6
label: messenger of Ráma
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sumantra reports where he left Ráma and repeats Ráma’s message to Daśaratha.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: communal mourners
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:8
basis: The people and palace women cry and weep over Ráma’s banishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:13
- ev:19
- id: role:8
label: grieving king
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Daśaratha is found weeping, then faints from grief for Ráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: anxious father-questioner
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Daśaratha asks Sumantra detailed questions about Ráma’s dwelling, food, bed,
and companions in exile.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- ev:16
- ev:18
- id: role:10
label: grieving mother
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Kauśalyá mourns her banished son and falls prostrate with sobs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: role:11
label: reproving queen
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Kauśalyá speaks of injustice and urges Daśaratha to answer the messenger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:12
label: supporting queen
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Sumitrá aids Kauśalyá in raising Daśaratha.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:13
label: brother-companion in exile
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Lakshmaṇ is named with Ráma and Sítá as entering the forest and as one whose
words Sumantra should report.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:18
- id: role:14
label: forest companion
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Sítá is named with the princes in the forest and as one whose words Sumantra
should report.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:18
- id: role:15
label: absent feared queen
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Kauśalyá says Daśaratha may speak freely because Kaikeyí is not near.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:16
label: divine comparison figures
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The Aśvins are invoked in a comparison to the two sons seeking forest shade.
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: river crossing boundary
literal_form: Ráma at the southern bank and later across the flood at the Gangá
shore
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: chariot returning without the hero
literal_form: Sumantra’s chariot returning to Ayodhyá without Ráma
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: city drowned in sorrow
literal_form: Ayodhyá found silent and sorrowful when Sumantra returns
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: fires of grief
literal_form: Images of grief as fire or burning anguish
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
- id: sym:5
label: tree-foot dwelling
literal_form: Daśaratha imagines Ráma dwelling at the foot of a tree beneath its
boughs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: sym:6
label: earth-couch in exile
literal_form: Ráma imagined sleeping on the earth as one without a friend
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: sym:7
label: forest shade
literal_form: Ráma and Lakshmaṇ seeking the forest shade
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Departure from the river bank and return to Ayodhyá
summary: After Ráma reaches the southern bank, Guha returns home in sorrow and Sumantra
drives the chariot back toward Ayodhyá.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Ayodhyá receives the empty chariot
summary: Sumantra reaches Ayodhyá and the people gather around the chariot asking
for Ráma; they weep when told he is across the flood.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Sumantra enters the palace
summary: Sumantra passes through the palace courts amid mourning royal women and
reaches Daśaratha, who is weeping for Ráma.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:19
- id: scene:4
label: Daśaratha collapses after Ráma’s message
summary: Sumantra bows and delivers Ráma’s message. Daśaratha hears it, falls silent,
faints, and lies on the ground as the palace cries out.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:5
label: Kauśalyá reproaches the king
summary: Kauśalyá and Sumitrá raise Daśaratha; Kauśalyá asks him to answer Ráma’s
messenger, refers to injustice and Kaikeyí, then collapses in grief.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: scene:6
label: Daśaratha asks for news of the forest exile
summary: After regaining memory, Daśaratha questions Sumantra about Ráma’s dwelling,
food, bedding, companions, and words in the forest.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Hero’s departure into exile
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Ráma has left Ayodhyá, crossed the flood, and is imagined dwelling in the
wild woods with Lakshmaṇ and Sítá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:15
- ev:16
confidence: high
cautions: The passage focuses on reactions to the departure rather than narrating
the initial exile itself.
- id: motif:2
label: Empty return of the messenger vehicle
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Sumantra returns to Ayodhyá in the chariot without Ráma, causing the people
to ask where Ráma is and then mourn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a passage-level pattern rather than a named taxonomy item.
- id: motif:3
label: City mourning the absent righteous prince
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Ayodhyá is depicted as drowned in sorrow, and the people lament that they
will no longer see Ráma, who had kept the town like a kind father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:21
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage implies Ráma’s civic and royal importance through mourning,
but does not present a formal enthronement or legitimacy dispute in this excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: Sibling pair in exile
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Daśaratha speaks of his two dear sons, Ráma and Lakshmaṇ, seeking the forest
shade together and asks for the words of both.
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:18
confidence: medium
cautions: Sítá is also present, so the passage is not solely structured around the
sibling pair.
- id: motif:5
label: Forest hardship after royal life
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Daśaratha contrasts Ráma’s former royal comfort with imagined forest dwelling
at a tree’s foot, uncertain food, and sleeping on the earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
confidence: low
cautions: The passage frames this as parental anxiety rather than explicitly as
initiation.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Daśaratha explicitly compares the sight of Ráma and Lakshmaṇ entering the
forest shade to the heavenly Aśvins beneath Mandar’s peak.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: Heavenly Aśvins as divine twin comparison figures
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is a poetic simile within the passage; it does not by
itself establish identity, historical contact, or a shared narrative origin.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 18361-18364
quote_or_summary: Ráma reaches the southern bank; Guha is sorrowful and goes home.
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 18365-18368
quote_or_summary: Sumantra yokes the steeds to the chariot and drives back toward
Ayodhyá with a troubled heart.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 18373-18376
quote_or_summary: "“Came to Ayodhyá’s gate, and found / The city all in sorrow drowned.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 18387-18390
quote_or_summary: "“Ran to the car from every side, / And, ‘Ráma, where is Ráma?’
cried.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 18391-18394
quote_or_summary: "“My chariot bore / The duteous prince to Gangá’s shore; / I left
him there at his behest.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 18395-18398
quote_or_summary: When the people learn Ráma is over the flood, they sigh, cry his
name, wail, and shed tears.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 18411-18412
quote_or_summary: "“Thus the sad town, which Ráma kept / As a kind father, wailed
and wept.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 18434-18439
quote_or_summary: Sumantra passes into the palace and sees the king weeping for
his son, pale, faint, and worn by sorrow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 18440-18443
quote_or_summary: Sumantra bows reverently and repeats to the king the message he
bore from Ráma.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 18444-18451
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha hears the message, cannot speak, faints, and falls to
the ground overcome by grief for Ráma; a cry rings through the hall.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 18452-18457
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyá, with Sumitrá’s aid, raises Daśaratha and asks why he
gives no reply to Ráma’s messenger.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 18458-18467
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyá asks whether Daśaratha is shame-stricken over the injustice
and tells him to speak freely because Kaikeyí is not near.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 18468-18475
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyá sinks prostrate with sobs; the palace ladies gather around
the grieving queen and pain-stricken king and weep.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 18479-18488
quote_or_summary: After lying senseless, Daśaratha regains memory and calls for
the charioteer to hear news of Ráma; Sumantra waits beside him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 18491-18506
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha asks where Ráma will dwell, perhaps under a tree, what
food he will eat, and how one raised in comfort will sleep on the earth in the
wild woods.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: lines 18507-18510
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha asks how the princes, with Sítá, alighted from the chariot
and entered the forest wilds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: quote
locator: lines 18511-18518
quote_or_summary: "“my two dear sons … Like the bright Twins … The heavenly Aśvins”
seeking the woods beneath Mandar’s peak."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:18
type: summary
locator: lines 18519-18525
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha asks what words came from Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá,
and asks about Ráma’s eating, bed, and seat in the wood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:19
type: summary
locator: lines 18421-18431
quote_or_summary: Royal ladies come down from terraces, mourn Ráma, and wonder what
the charioteer will tell Queen Kauśalyá.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:20
type: quote
locator: lines 18381-18384, 18432-18433
quote_or_summary: The passage uses images such as “fires of woe” and “fires of anguish”
for grief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation fragments.
- id: ev:21
type: summary
locator: lines 18399-18410
quote_or_summary: The people lament that they will no longer see Ráma, praise his
true heart and generosity, and ask what can bring rest, hope, or pleasure.
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: high
notes: Literal extraction is strongly supported by the supplied passage. Motif labels
are cautious passage-level candidates; only the Aśvins comparison is explicitly
stated in the text.
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 supplied passage text and metadata. Taxonomy references are limited to provided motif families and symbols.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l18361-l18525
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