batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l20007-l20169
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l20007-l20169
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled. / Canto LXVI. The Embalming. / Canto LXVII.
The Praise Of Kings. / Canto LXVIII. The Envoys.; lines 20007-20169
start: '20007'
end: '20169'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“For when an ass-drawn chariot seems / To bear away a man in dreams...”"
summary: Bharat recounts a terrifying dream of his father King Dasaratha amid deathly
and cosmic omens, interprets the ass-drawn chariot as a sign of impending funeral
smoke, and is then summoned by royal envoys to return swiftly to his father’s
house.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Bharat wakes troubled after a dream that he says foretells dire events and
leaves him thinking of his aged father.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Companions attempt to cheer Bharat with tales, music, dance, jokes, and references
to ancient plays, but he remains silent and sorrowful.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: In the dream, Bharat sees his father the king fall from a high mountain into
a lake of mire, with soiled body and loose hair.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The dreamed king drinks oil from hollowed hands, laughs loudly, eats sesamum
and cake with head cast down, and is covered with dripping oil.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The dream includes a dry ocean bed, the fallen moon, a still dead world covered
by darkness, a rent earth, scorched trees, split mountains, rising smoke, damaged
elephant tusks, and rekindled flames.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Women dressed in brown and black bear the monarch, who is dressed in black,
on an iron stool.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The dreamed king wears a blood-red wreath and travels southward on an ass-drawn
chariot with his head bent.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: A crimson-clad woman laughs at and jeers at the monarch, and a frightening
she-monster places her hand on his body.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Bharat states that the dream may mean the death of the king, Rama, himself,
or Lakshman.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Bharat states that a man being carried away in an ass-drawn chariot in a dream
means funeral smoke will soon rise.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Envoys enter the moated city on tired horses, gain audience, receive honours,
press the monarch’s feet, and address Bharat.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: The envoys report that the household priest and peers send greetings and call
Bharat to return quickly to his father’s house.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: The envoys bring rich garments, gems, jewels, robes, and ornaments for Bharat,
his uncle, and the king.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: Bharat asks whether Dasaratha, Rama, Lakshman, Kausalya, Sumitra, and his
mother are well.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: The envoys answer briefly that those named are secure and well and urge Bharat
to make ready and yoke the car.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: Bharat agrees to go with the envoys after a short delay and tells his maternal
grandfather he is going to see his father.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:17
text: Bharat’s grandfather kisses his head and sends greetings for Dasaratha, Bharat’s
mother, the household priest, Rama, and Lakshman.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Bharat
description: A prince, son of Dasaratha, troubled by an ominous dream and summoned
to his father’s house by envoys.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: King Dasaratha
description: Bharat’s aged father and king; in Bharat’s dream he falls into mire,
is marked by oil and dark garments, and is carried southward on an ass-drawn chariot.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Bharat’s companions
description: Friends around Bharat who attempt to cheer him with music, dance, jokes,
tales, and plays.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Royal envoys
description: Messengers sent by the household priest and peers; they arrive on travel-worn
horses and summon Bharat home.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Household priest and peers
description: Authorities who send greetings through the envoys and command Bharat
to come to his father’s house with haste.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Rama
description: Named by Bharat as one whose safety he asks about and as one who might
be threatened by the dream’s omen.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Named by Bharat as one whose safety he asks about and as one who might
be threatened by the dream’s omen.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Kausalya
description: Rama’s mother, described by Bharat as dutiful, gracious, and bound
to her lord by vows.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Sumitra
description: Lakshman’s mother and mother of Satrughna, described as skilled in
duty’s claim.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Bharat’s mother
description: Bharat’s mother, whom he describes as self-conceited, selfish, and
prone to rage while asking whether she is well or has sent a command.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Bharat’s maternal grandfather
description: The king whom Bharat addresses before departure; he kisses Bharat’s
head and gives farewell instructions.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Dark-clad women in the dream
description: Women dressed in brown and black who carry the monarch on an iron stool.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Crimson-clad woman
description: A woman in crimson who laughs and jeers at the monarch in the dream.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: She-monster
description: A frightening female monster who places her hand on the monarch’s body
in the dream.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: dreamer and interpreter of omen
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bharat recounts the dream and explains the ass-drawn chariot as a sign of
funeral smoke.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: summoned prince
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The envoys tell Bharat to come quickly to his father’s house, and he agrees
to go.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: dreamed imperiled king
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Dasaratha appears in Bharat’s dream amid degrading, deathly, and ominous
scenes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: comforting companions
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The companions try to dispel Bharat’s sorrow with entertainment and pleasant
speech.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: royal messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The envoys bring official greetings, gifts, and a summons for Bharat to return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: summoning authorities
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The household priest and peers send greetings and order Bharat’s return through
the envoys.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: absent royal kin
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: Bharat asks the envoys about their health or mentions them in relation to
the dream’s possible danger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: farewell-giving elder
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The grandfather kisses Bharat’s head and sends greetings as Bharat departs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: ominous dream figures
assigned_to:
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
basis: These female figures appear in the dream around or against the monarch.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: high mountain
literal_form: A mountain from which the dreamed king falls; later mountains split
and emit smoke.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: lake of mire
literal_form: A miry lake into which the king falls and in which he lies soiled.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: oil
literal_form: Oil drunk by the king, dripping from his body, and surrounding him
in the dream.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: sesamum and cake
literal_form: Food eaten by the king with head cast down in the dream.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: dry ocean bed
literal_form: The ocean’s bed seen bare and dry in the dream.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: fallen moon
literal_form: The moon fallen from the sky in the dream.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: scorched trees
literal_form: Leafy trees that are scorched and die in the dream.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:8
label: smoke and rekindled flames
literal_form: Smoke rising from split mountains and flames that blaze again after
lying cold.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:9
label: broken-tusked royal elephant
literal_form: The monarch’s stately beast with long tusks rent and splintered.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:10
label: iron stool and black garments
literal_form: The monarch dressed in black and carried on an iron stool by dark-clad
women.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:11
label: blood-red wreath
literal_form: A blood-red wreath worn by the dreamed king.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:12
label: ass-drawn chariot
literal_form: A chariot drawn by asses that carries the king southward in the dream.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:13
label: funeral pyre smoke
literal_form: Smoke above a funeral pyre, named by Bharat as the meaning of a dream-chariot
omen.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Bharat troubled after the dream
summary: Bharat wakes with dread after a dream; his companions try to cheer him,
but he remains silent and sorrowful.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: The king’s degradation in the dream
summary: Bharat describes Dasaratha falling from a mountain into mire, drinking
oil, laughing, eating sesamum and cake, and being covered in oil.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Cosmic and royal portents
summary: The dream expands into images of dried ocean, fallen moon, world-darkness,
torn earth, scorched trees, split mountains, smoke, damaged tusks, and rekindled
flame.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Dark procession southward
summary: Dark-clad women carry the black-dressed king on an iron stool; he then
wears a blood-red wreath and travels south on an ass-drawn chariot while female
ominous figures mock or touch him.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
- sym:11
- sym:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Bharat interprets the omen
summary: Bharat says the dream may mean the death of Dasaratha, Rama, himself, or
Lakshman, and explains the ass-drawn chariot as a sign that funeral pyre smoke
will soon rise.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:12
- sym:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Envoys summon Bharat
summary: Royal envoys arrive on tired horses, deliver greetings from the household
priest and peers, offer gifts, and summon Bharat to return to his father’s house
without delay.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Bharat prepares to depart
summary: Bharat asks after the welfare of his royal kin, receives brief reassurance,
agrees to depart with the envoys, and takes leave of his maternal grandfather.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ominous dream foretelling royal death
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Bharat’s dream shows the king in degrading and death-associated circumstances,
and Bharat explicitly interprets the ass-drawn chariot as a sign that funeral
pyre smoke will soon rise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives Bharat’s interpretation, but the excerpt itself does
not narrate the actual death in this segment.
- id: motif:2
label: cosmic disorder as portent of crisis
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: The dream contains a dry ocean bed, fallen moon, dead darkened world, rent
earth, scorched trees, split mountains, smoke, and rekindled flames.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: These images occur in a dream and are not described as events in the waking
world.
- id: motif:3
label: summons and departure of the prince
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Envoys sent by court authorities summon Bharat to his father’s house, and
Bharat agrees to leave with them after a short delay.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage covers the decision and farewell, not the full journey.
- id: motif:4
label: royal succession crisis signaled indirectly
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: A prince is urgently summoned home by priest and peers after an ominous dream
concerning the king’s death, but the envoys give only brief reassurances.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly state succession or enthronement; the
motif is inferred from the royal summons and death omen.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 20007-20030
quote_or_summary: Bharat is horrified by a dream of dire events; companions try
to cheer him with music, dance, jokes, and stories, but he remains sorrowful and
silent.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 20031-20044
quote_or_summary: Bharat says he dreamed the king fell from a high mountain into
mire, lay soiled with loose hair, drank oil, laughed, ate sesamum and cake, and
was covered in oil.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 20045-20058
quote_or_summary: The dream shows dry ocean, fallen moon, dead darkened world, opened
earth, scorched trees, split smoking mountains, splintered tusks of the royal
beast, and rekindled flames.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 20059-20072
quote_or_summary: Dark-clad women bear the black-dressed king on an iron stool;
he wears a blood-red wreath and goes south in an ass-drawn chariot; a crimson
woman jeers and a she-monster touches him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 20073-20095
quote_or_summary: Bharat says the dream means that either the king, Rama, himself,
or Lakshman must die, and that when an ass-drawn chariot bears a man away in dreams,
funeral-pyre smoke soon rises.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief paraphrase/near-quote generated from supplied
passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 20096-20108
quote_or_summary: Envoys on faint, travel-worn horses enter the moated city, gain
audience, receive honours, press the monarch’s feet, and address Bharat.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 20109-20124
quote_or_summary: The envoys say the household priest and peers send greetings and
command Bharat to come quickly to his father’s house; they present rich garments,
jewels, robes, and ornaments.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 20125-20152
quote_or_summary: Bharat receives the gifts and asks whether Dasaratha, Rama, Lakshman,
Kausalya, Sumitra, and his own mother are well, also asking whether his mother
has sent a message or command.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 20153-20164
quote_or_summary: The envoys briefly answer that those Bharat asks about are secure
and well, urge him to ready the car, and Bharat says he will go with them after
one hour; he tells his grandfather he goes to see his father.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 20165-20169
quote_or_summary: Bharat’s grandfather kisses his head, blesses him, and tells him
to greet his father, mother, household priest, Rama, and Lakshman.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is explicit about the dream, Bharat’s omen interpretation, and
the summons. Motif labels beyond the stated omen require cautious wording.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself support a cross-textual comparison.
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