batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l20171-l20343
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l20171-l20343
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 20171-20343
start: '20171'
end: '20343'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“This glorious city from afar... Seems to my eager eyes to-day / A lifeless
pile of yellow clay.”"
summary: King Aśvapati gives Bharat wealth, animals, attendants, and escort, but
Bharat remains troubled and departs with Śatrughna. He travels eastward over many
rivers, forests, towns, and resting places for seven nights. On seeing Ayodhyā,
he tells his driver that the city appears silent, joyless, and ominous, and he
fears for the safety of his friends there.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: King Aśvapati bestows wealth, elephants, horses, asses, dogs, and other gifts
on Bharat.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Bharat does not take joy in the bestowed wealth because care lies on his heart
and envoys urge him to depart.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Bharat bids farewell to his grandsire and uncle, mounts a car, and departs
with Śatrughna beside him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: More than a hundred yoked cars depart, followed by servants with horses, asses,
and kine.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Bharat’s journey is described as eastward from the royal town.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Bharat crosses or passes many named rivers, streams, forests, hills, towns,
and groves.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: obs:7
text: At the Yamunā, Bharat rests his army on the shore; the horses are fed, rested,
watered, and bathed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: After seven nights on the road, Bharat sees Ayodhyā.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Bharat tells his driver that Ayodhyā appears to him like a lifeless pile of
yellow clay.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Bharat observes that the former crowds, traffic, bird calls, fragrances, drums,
tabours, and lute music are absent or silent.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: obs:11
text: Bharat says omens and dread weigh on him, and he fears that his friends in
Ayodhyā may not be safe and well.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Kaikeyī’s child and prince; he receives gifts, departs with Śatrughna,
travels to Ayodhyā, and speaks of ominous signs there.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: King Aśvapati
description: The king who gives Bharat wealth, animals, counselled men, and escort
for the journey.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Śatrughna
description: Bharat’s dear companion, seated beside him during departure.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Envoys
description: Eager envoys whose urging helps move Bharat to depart.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Bharat’s driver
description: The driver whom Bharat addresses after seeing Ayodhyā.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Bharat’s army and attendants
description: Servants, horses, asses, kine, cars, and a lordly band that accompany
Bharat on the road and rest at the Yamunā.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: troubled returning prince
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bharat receives gifts but is anxious, hastens away, travels to Ayodhyā, and
voices dread on seeing the city.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: role:2
label: speaker interpreting omens
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bharat describes Ayodhyā’s silence and says omens weigh on his soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:3
label: royal gift-giver and sender
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Aśvapati gives wealth, animals, and trusted counsellors to lead Bharat on
his way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: brotherly companion in departure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Śatrughna sits beside Bharat when he mounts the car and departs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: urgent messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The envoys urge Bharat away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: addressed charioteer or driver
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Bharat speaks to the driver after seeing Ayodhyā.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: travelling retinue
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage describes cars, servants, animals, and an army accompanying Bharat
and resting at the Yamunā.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: royal gifts
literal_form: wealth, elephants, golden beads, steeds, asses, dogs, skins, blankets,
and escort
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: chariot departure
literal_form: Bharat mounts his car with Śatrughna beside him, and more than a hundred
cars roll away
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: crossed waters
literal_form: many named rivers and streams, including Śatadrú, Sarasvatī, Gangā,
Yamunā, Gomatī, and others
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: resting shore
literal_form: the shore of the Yamunā where the army rests and horses drink and
bathe
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: silent city
literal_form: Ayodhyā seen as lifeless, joyless, desolate, with streets, gardens,
animals, music, and fragrances absent or stilled
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Aśvapati equips Bharat for departure
summary: Aśvapati honours Bharat with wealth, animals, and trusted men, but Bharat
remains weighed down by care and urged by envoys.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Bharat leaves with Śatrughna and retinue
summary: Bharat bids farewell to his elders, mounts a car with Śatrughna, and departs
with many cars, attendants, and animals.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Seven-night journey toward Ayodhyā
summary: Bharat travels east, crossing named rivers and streams, passing forests,
hills, villages, and groves, and resting the army and horses at the Yamunā.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Bharat sees the ominously silent Ayodhyā
summary: On arriving within sight of Ayodhyā, Bharat tells his driver that the city
looks lifeless and that its crowds, sounds, scents, animals, and music are gone;
he fears an ominous cause.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: urgent departure under ominous pressure
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Bharat receives royal equipment for travel but is anxious; envoys urge him
away, and he departs with Śatrughna and a large retinue.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the departure and anxiety but only briefly mentions
the prior sad vision.
- id: motif:2
label: return journey across waters and wilderness
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: The canto heading names Bharat’s return, and the passage traces his eastward
route through rivers, forests, hills, towns, and groves until he sees Ayodhyā
after seven nights.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The extracted range gives the itinerary and arrival but not the full narrative
resolution of the return.
- id: motif:3
label: desolate capital as omen of disaster
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Bharat finds Ayodhyā silent, joyless, and stripped of ordinary civic sound,
fragrance, music, animal cries, and public movement, and he interprets this as
ominous.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: No taxonomy reference from the supplied list directly names the desolate-city
omen.
- id: motif:4
label: royal passage with gifts and escort
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
- sacred_exchange
basis: A king gives Bharat rich goods, animals, and trusted counsellors to accompany
his departure, emphasizing a royal, sanctioned journey.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents a royal gift exchange and escort; its broader political
significance requires context outside this passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 20171-20182
quote_or_summary: Aśvapati honours Bharat with wealth, elephants, golden beads,
steeds, and other gifts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 20183-20200
quote_or_summary: Aśvapati gives trusted counsellors and animals for Bharat’s journey;
Bharat remains troubled, and envoys urge him away.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 20201-20208
quote_or_summary: "“There Bharat stayed to bid adieu / To grandsire and to uncle
too, / Then, with Śatrughna by his side, / Mounting his car, away he hied.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 20209-20220
quote_or_summary: More than a hundred yoked cars depart; servants with horses, asses,
and cattle follow Bharat, with Śatrughna beside him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: Canto LXXI opening route section
quote_or_summary: Bharat travels east from the royal town, crossing or passing Sudāmā,
Hlādini, Śatadrū, Śilā, Akurvatī, Ágneya, Śalyakartan, Śilāvahā, hills, and Chaitraratha
wood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: Canto LXXI Yamunā and forest section
quote_or_summary: Bharat reaches the confluence of Sarasvatī and Gangā, passes forests
and hills, reaches the Yamunā, rests his army on the shore, and waters and bathes
the horses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: Canto LXXI onward itinerary section
quote_or_summary: Bharat continues through woods, cities, groves, villages, and
many streams including Kapīvatī, Sthāṇumatī, and Gomatī before nearing Kalinga
and a Sal wood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: Canto LXXI arrival section
quote_or_summary: "“Seven nights upon the road had passed, / And when he saw the
town at last / Before him in her beauty spread, / Thus Bharat to the driver said”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation used.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: Canto LXXI Bharat’s speech opening
quote_or_summary: "“Seems to my eager eyes to-day / A lifeless pile of yellow clay.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: Canto LXXI Bharat’s speech on streets and gardens
quote_or_summary: Bharat says the former roar of men and women in the streets is
gone; he no longer sees people moving on elephants, cars, or horses, and the gardens
appear joyless and desolate.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: Canto LXXI Bharat’s speech on silence and scent
quote_or_summary: Bharat says the cries of bird and beast, fragrant air of sandal
and aloe, drums, tabours, and lute music are absent or silent.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summary used.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: Canto LXXI Bharat’s speech conclusion
quote_or_summary: "“My boding spirit gathers hence / Dire sins of awful consequence,
/ And omens, crowding on my sight, / Weigh down my soul with wild affright.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Figures, route, objects, and speeches are explicit in the passage. Motif
labels are candidate abstractions from the passage-level evidence. No comparison
claims were made because the passage itself does not explicitly compare the episode
with another tradition or motif family beyond the supplied taxonomy alignment.
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: |-
The user-supplied locator label appears to name earlier cantos, while the provided passage text includes the heading “Canto LXXI. Bharat’s Return.”
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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