batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l18527-l18693
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l18527-l18693
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 18527-18693
start: '18527'
end: '18693'
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: Sumantra reports Ráma’s farewell messages to his father, mother, and Bharat;
Lakshmaṇ’s angry protest against the king’s decision; Sítá’s silent grief; the
exiles’ ascetic dress, crossing of the Gangá, and departure toward Prayág; and
the grief of nature, Ayodhyá, and its people when Sumantra returns without Ráma.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Ráma sends Sumantra back to his father and instructs him to salute the king’s
feet in Ráma’s place.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Ráma tells his mother to continue vows, worship at the holy fires, honor the
king, be kind to the other queens, respect Kaikeyí, and love Bharat as king.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Ráma asks that Bharat, as ruling prince and regent heir, care for the aged
king while remaining submissive to his father’s will.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Lakshmaṇ speaks angrily, questioning what sin caused Ráma’s banishment and
blaming the king for the exile.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Lakshmaṇ declares that Ráma is to him lord, friend, and father in one.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Janak’s child stands nearby in grief, sheds tears, and says nothing to Sumantra.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The exiles wind their locks into votive coils and bind coats of bark on themselves.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The exiles go to the farther shore of the Gangá and then toward Prayág.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Lakshmaṇ walks ahead to guard the path for Ráma and Sítá.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Sumantra is forced by Ráma to return and later waits with Guha, hoping for
a message from the wood.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: 'Sumantra describes the realm as mourning: trees wither, waters dry, beasts
are still, serpents do not crawl, and the wood is silent.'
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: When Sumantra returns to Ayodhyá without Ráma, the people and women on rooftops
weep, sigh, and shriek in grief.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: The grief of Ráma’s banishment removes visible distinctions between friend,
foe, and neutral persons.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: Ayodhyá is compared to a queen mourning her son.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Exiled prince who sends farewell instructions, goes into the wood,
crosses the Gangá, and is mourned by the realm and Ayodhyá.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sumantra
description: Messenger and charioteer who reports Ráma’s words to the king and returns
without Ráma.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the monarch / the king / Ráma’s father
description: Aged ruler addressed by Ráma through Sumantra and blamed by Lakshmaṇ
for Ráma’s exile.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ráma’s mother / the queen
description: Ráma’s mother, instructed to keep vows, worship, honor the king, and
care for Bharat and the queens.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Kaikeyí
description: Queen whom Ráma says his mother should raise in the king’s opinion
by respect and praise; Lakshmaṇ identifies her charge as the occasion of the king’s
action.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Strong-armed chief of Ikṣváku’s line, addressed as ruling prince and
regent heir who should care for the aged king.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: Ráma’s brother, angered by the exile and walking ahead to guard Ráma
and Sítá’s path.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Janak’s child / Sítá
description: Ráma’s wife, described as standing nearby in silent grief and tears,
later walking with Ráma as Lakshmaṇ guards the path.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Guha
description: Person with whom Sumantra stays while hoping Ráma might send a message
from the wood.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: people and women of Ayodhyá
description: Residents who grieve when Sumantra returns without Ráma, including
women watching from palace roofs and turrets.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: dutiful exile
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma is banished yet sends messages centered on duty, reverence, and obedience
before going into the wood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: beloved absent prince
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The realm and city mourn because Ráma is absent from Sumantra’s returning
car.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: returning messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sumantra reports Ráma’s words and returns to Ayodhyá without him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: aged father-king
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Ráma calls him father and king; Bharat is told to care for him in his old
age.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: mother receiving farewell instruction
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Ráma sends his mother instructions about vows, worship, and royal duty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: queen linked to the banishment order
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Ráma names Kaikeyí in his instructions; Lakshmaṇ speaks of the king as slave
to Kaikeyí’s charge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: regent heir
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Ráma’s message calls Bharat a ruling prince and regent heir who should serve
the reigning father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: angry loyal brother
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Lakshmaṇ denounces the exile and says Ráma is lord, friend, and father to
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: path guard
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Sumantra says Lakshmaṇ walked ahead to guard the path.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: silent grieving wife
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Janak’s child sighs, weeps, gazes at her husband, and says nothing to Sumantra.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: companion at the halt
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Sumantra stays with Guha while waiting in hope of a message from Ráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:12
label: mourning community
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The people and women of Ayodhyá grieve when they see the car without Ráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: holy fires of worship
literal_form: fires at which Ráma’s mother is told to perform worship at due season
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: coats of bark
literal_form: bark garments bound on the exiles
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: votive coils of hair
literal_form: locks wound into votive coils
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Gangá crossing
literal_form: the exiles go to the farther shore of the Gangá
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: road to Prayág
literal_form: the exiles’ steps are bent toward Prayág after crossing the Gangá
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: empty returning car
literal_form: Sumantra’s car returns to Ayodhyá without Ráma
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: mourning trees and silent wood
literal_form: withering trees, dead buds and flowers, empty groves, pensive birds,
and hushed woods
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: dried waters
literal_form: dried lake, river, rill, and floods
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: Ayodhyá as mourning queen
literal_form: the city likened to a queen mourning her son
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Ráma’s farewell instructions through Sumantra
summary: Ráma sends Sumantra to salute his father and mother, instructs his mother
in worship and royal duty, and asks that Bharat serve the aged king as regent
heir.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Lakshmaṇ’s protest
summary: Lakshmaṇ angrily challenges the justice of Ráma’s banishment, blames the
king, and declares Ráma to be his lord, friend, and father.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Sítá’s silent grief
summary: Janak’s child stands near Ráma, sighs, weeps, and gazes at her husband
without speaking to Sumantra.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Ascetic departure and river crossing
summary: The exiles bind bark garments, wind votive coils, cross the Gangá, proceed
toward Prayág, and Lakshmaṇ guards the path ahead.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Sumantra’s return from the wood
summary: Ráma sends Sumantra back; Sumantra stays with Guha in hope of a message
and then returns with grief.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Realm and city mourn Ráma’s absence
summary: Sumantra describes nature as withered, dried, still, and silent, and Ayodhyá’s
people as grieving when the car comes back without Ráma.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: heroic departure into exile
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Ráma leaves the royal city for the wood, crosses the Gangá, proceeds toward
Prayág, and sends the charioteer back.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents a segment of the exile journey rather than the original
decree of banishment.
- id: motif:2
label: ascetic transformation at departure
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: The exiles assume votive hair coils and bark garments before proceeding across
the river toward the forest route.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives outward signs of ascetic transition but does not explicitly
call it an initiation.
- id: motif:3
label: legitimate rule through filial and royal duty
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Ráma instructs Bharat to act as regent heir, care for the aged king, and
remain submissive to the father’s will.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes duty and regency, not a full enthronement narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: beloved hero mourned by city and nature
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ráma’s absence causes the people of Ayodhyá to weep, distinctions between
social opponents to vanish, and the natural world to appear withered, dry, still,
and silent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly names this motif; it is a passage-level
pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: empty vehicle as sign of absent hero
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ayodhyá expects Ráma in Sumantra’s car, but the empty return triggers public
grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a local symbolic pattern in the passage rather than an explicitly
named motif family.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'The passage fits a departure motif pattern: the central figure leaves the
royal domain for the forest, crosses a river boundary, and a messenger returns
to the city without him.'
claim_level: same_motif
target: departure motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The claim is limited to the motif-family level and does not establish
historical relationship with any other text.
- id: claim:2
claim: The bark garments and votive hair coils function like an ascetic transition
pattern associated with leaving ordinary royal life.
claim_level: same_function
target: initiation / ascetic transition pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage describes external marks but does not explicitly name an
initiation rite.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 18527-18552
quote_or_summary: Ráma tells Sumantra to bow to his father, greet his mother, urge
her to keep vows, worship at holy fires, honor the king, be kind to the queens,
and respect Kaikeyí.
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 18553-18573
quote_or_summary: Ráma sends wishes for Bharat and instructs that, as ruling prince
and regent heir, Bharat should care for the aged father-king and remain submissive
to his will; Ráma also asks that his mother be held dear.
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 18574-18603
quote_or_summary: Lakshmaṇ angrily asks what offense caused Ráma’s banishment, blames
the king and Kaikeyí’s charge, and says Ráma is his lord, friend, and father in
one.
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 18604-18617
quote_or_summary: Janak’s child stands nearby in distress, sighs, sheds tears, says
nothing to Sumantra, and gazes at Ráma as he turns to go.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 18627-18636
quote_or_summary: "“Their locks in votive coils they wound, / Their coats of bark
upon them bound, / To Gangá’s farther shore they went, / Thence to Prayág their
steps were bent.” Lakshmaṇ walks ahead to guard the path, and Sumantra is forced
to return."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 18637-18647
quote_or_summary: Sumantra raises his hands in reverence, mounts the car, bears
grief, and stays that day with Guha hoping Ráma might send a message from the
wood.
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 18648-18669
quote_or_summary: 'Sumantra says the realms mourn Ráma: trees hang low, shoots and
flowers are dead, waters are dried, beasts are still, serpents do not crawl, woods
are hushed, and blossoms and fruits lose their former charm.'
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 18670-18693
quote_or_summary: In Ayodhyá, no one rejoices at Sumantra’s car; people weep when
they see Ráma is absent, women on palace roofs shriek, friend and foe share grief,
and Ayodhyá is likened to a queen mourning her son.
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 gives clear literal evidence for departure, ascetic signs, royal
duty, and public/natural mourning. Broader motif labels are cautious and restricted
to supplied taxonomy or passage-level patterns.
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, source metadata, and available taxonomy references.
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