batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l18695-l18867
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l18695-l18867
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 18695-18867
start: '18695'
end: '18867'
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 king laments Rama’s exile, blames his own rashness and Kaikeyi’s influence,
longs to see Rama, Sita, and Lakshman, compares his grief to a vast sea, and collapses.
Kausalya asks Sumantra to take her to Rama in the Dandak forest or else she will
die. Sumantra consoles her by describing Rama, Lakshman, and Sita as dwelling
bravely and joyfully in the forest, keeping the king’s oath and honor while following
the ancient way of saints.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The king says he acted rashly under Kaikeyi’s influence, took no counsel,
and regards the misfortune as the work of Fate.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The king asks that Rama be brought back, and also asks to be placed in a chariot
so he may see Rama, Sita, and Lakshman before dying.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The king describes his sorrow as a sea, with tears, sighs, cries, Kaikeyi,
the hump-back’s words, and the granted boon forming parts of the image.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: After lamenting, the king sinks onto the bed and loses consciousness or control
of his senses.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Kausalya, prostrate and only partly recovered, asks Sumantra to take her to
Rama, Sita, and Lakshman in the Dandak forest, saying she cannot live without
them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Sumantra tells Kausalya that Rama will dwell in the forest, Lakshman will
guard him, and Sita will live there without fear as she would at home.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Sumantra reports that Sita asks about towns, hamlets, trees, and brooks while
Rama or Lakshman answers her questions.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Sumantra deliberately omits mention of Sita’s angry words so that his report
will comfort Kausalya.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Sumantra says Sita has left her jewels for love of Rama and does not fear
forest animals because Rama protects her.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Sumantra says Rama, Sita, and Lakshman travel the ancient way of saints, eat
wild fruit, and keep the king’s honor by observing his oath.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Kausalya remains sorrowful after Sumantra’s consolation and continues lamenting
Rama as her son.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the king
description: A king of the Raghu house, bereaved by Rama’s absence and near collapse
from grief.
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- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Rama
description: The king’s eldest son, exiled to the forest, absent from the city,
and protected by Lakshman.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sita
description: Rama’s wife or beloved companion, living in the forest with him, described
by Sumantra as devoted, fearless, and graceful.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Rama’s companion in the forest, described as guarding Rama and answering
Sita’s questions with Rama.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Kausalya
description: A queen or mother figure, prostrate with grief and asking to be taken
to Rama, Sita, and Lakshman.
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- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sumantra
description: The charioteer who speaks to console Kausalya with a report of the
exiles.
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- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Kaikeyi
description: A queen blamed by the king as the influence behind his rash act and
named in his sea-of-sorrow image.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: the hump-back
description: An unnamed hump-backed figure whose words are included among the monsters
in the king’s sorrow image.
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- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: grieving king and father
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He laments his deed, longs to see his son, and collapses under grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: exiled son and object of grief
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He is absent in the wood, and the king says he cannot live bereaved of him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: devoted forest companion
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sumantra says Sita gives all her heart to Rama, dwells in the wild as at
home, and leaves jewels for love of him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: protective brother or companion
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Sumantra says Lakshman will guard Rama’s feet with unfailing care.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: grieving queen and mother
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Kausalya asks to be taken to the exiles and continues lamenting Rama as her
son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: charioteer and consoler
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Sumantra is called the charioteer and speaks to cheer Kausalya.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: blamed queen
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The king says he was falsely led by Kaikeyi and names her in his image of
sorrow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: speaker whose words are blamed
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The king makes the hump-back’s words part of the threatening contents of
his sorrow image.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sea of sorrow
literal_form: A figurative sea made of sorrow, tears, sighs, cries, fire, weeds,
monsters, and a shore.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: chariot
literal_form: A chariot in which the king asks to be placed so he can see Rama.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Dandak forest
literal_form: The forest where Kausalya asks to be placed after Rama, Sita, and
Lakshman.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: trees and brooks on the journey
literal_form: Trees and brooks that Sita notices and asks about while roaming.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: abandoned jewels and anklets
literal_form: Sita leaves her jewels behind, while her anklets still sound as she
walks.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: forest beasts
literal_form: Lion, tiger, and elephant seen as possible dangers in the woods.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: ancient way of saints
literal_form: A forest path or mode of life described as the ancient way where mighty
saints have led.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: wild fruit
literal_form: Food of the exiles as they roam in the forest.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: The king’s grief over Rama’s exile
summary: The king blames his rash promise and Kaikeyi’s influence, asks for Rama’s
return or to see the exiles, imagines his grief as a sea, and collapses on his
bed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Kausalya asks to follow the exiles
summary: Kausalya awakens in grief and asks Sumantra to take her to Rama, Sita,
and Lakshman in the Dandak forest, saying she cannot remain alive without them.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Sumantra’s consoling report
summary: Sumantra reassures Kausalya that Rama, Lakshman, and Sita live bravely
in the forest, that Sita is devoted and fearless, and that the three uphold the
king’s oath while following the ancient saintly way.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Exile departure into the forest
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Rama, Sita, and Lakshman are repeatedly described as absent in the wood or
Dandak forest, living away from home and setting forward on a forest path.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage concerns the aftermath and report of the departure rather
than the original moment of departure.
- id: motif:2
label: Filial obedience to an oath at personal cost
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Sumantra says the exiles’ highest aim is to keep their father’s honor and
observe the oath he swore, while living on wild fruit in the forest.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The oath is central in the passage, but the exact prior terms of the oath
are not narrated within this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: Grieving parent bereft of the exiled hero
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The king and Kausalya both say they cannot live without Rama and want to
be taken to him in the forest.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: This is a relational and emotional pattern attached to the departure motif
rather than a separate taxonomy item.
- id: motif:4
label: Faithful beloved sharing hardship in exile
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sita is described as giving all her heart to Rama, leaving jewels for love
of him, living in the wild as at home, and fearing no animals because Rama supports
her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference precisely matches this non-divine marital-devotional
pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: Sorrow figured as overwhelming water
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The king’s grief is elaborated as a sea with tears as flood, sighs as billows,
cries as roar, and a shore linked to Rama’s banishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a poetic image within speech; it should not be treated as a literal
flood narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 18695-18723
quote_or_summary: The king says Kaikeyi led him falsely, that he acted rashly without
counsel, that Fate has laid Raghu’s house low, and asks that Rama be brought back
because he cannot live bereaved of his son.
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 18724-18737
quote_or_summary: The king asks to be placed on a chariot to see Rama’s face, calls
out to Rama, Lakshman, and Sita, and says he is dying of grief.
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 18738-18761
quote_or_summary: 'The king compares his sorrow to a hard-to-cross sea: tears, sighs,
cries, Kaikeyi, the hump-back’s words, and the boon he granted all become features
of that sea until Rama’s banishment ends.'
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 18762-18767
quote_or_summary: The king wails, sinks upon the bed, and his spirit and senses
fail under grief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 18769-18782
quote_or_summary: Kausalya, trembling and prostrate, asks Sumantra to carry her
to Rama, Sita, and Lakshman, saying she must go after them to the Dandak forest
or sink to Yama’s realm.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 18783-18803
quote_or_summary: 'Sumantra consoles Kausalya: Rama will abide in the wood, Lakshman
will guard him, and Sita gives her heart to Rama and lives without fear in the
wild.'
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 18804-18821
quote_or_summary: Sita roams as if near home, asks the names of towns, hamlets,
trees, and brooks, and receives answers from Rama or Lakshman; Sumantra omits
her angry words to comfort Kausalya.
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 18822-18845
quote_or_summary: Sumantra says Sita’s beauty is not harmed by wind, sun, danger,
or toil; she leaves her jewels for Rama and fears no lion, tiger, or elephant
because Rama supports her.
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 18846-18860
quote_or_summary: 'Sumantra says the exiles’ conduct will win undying glory: they
delight in the forest, follow the ancient way of mighty saints, keep their father’s
honor and oath, and live on wild fruit.'
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 18861-18867
quote_or_summary: Sumantra’s consoling speech does not end Kausalya’s grief; she
continues to lament Rama as 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: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong for the named figures and scenes. Motif labels
are cautious because the excerpt reports the consequences of Rama’s exile rather
than narrating the original cause in full. No comparison claims were added because
the passage itself does not explicitly compare the events to another tradition
or corpus.
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 and metadata. Taxonomy references were limited to supplied values where directly supportable.
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