batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l2126-l2229
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l2126-l2229
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto IV. The Rhapsodists. / Canto VI. The King. / Canto VII. The Ministers.
/ Canto IX. Rishyasring.; lines 2126-2229
start: '2126'
end: '2229'
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: Rishyaśring tells his father Vibháṇdak of attractive visitors who embraced,
sang, and danced before him. Vibháṇdak warns him not to trust them. The next day
Rishyaśring goes to the place where he saw the visitors, follows the damsels,
and rain is sent from heaven. Vibháṇdak returns to an empty hermitage, searches,
and later learns that King Lomapád has bestowed villages, cattle, and wealth on
Rishyaśring. Rishyaśring is borne away by ship to the royal town; rain falls there,
the king honors him, feeds and serves him, and gives him his daughter Śántá as
wife. Rishyaśring lives in the royal town with Śántá.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Rishyaśring reports that visitors embraced him around the neck, held him to
their breasts, sang, danced, and used sidelong glances and arched brows.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Vibháṇdak warns Rishyaśring that such beings roam near hermitages to spoil
austere rites and tells him not to trust them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Rishyaśring goes to the place where he had seen the visitors and follows the
damsels after they invite him to their lovely home.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: As Rishyaśring travels with his guides, rain from heaven is sent and gladdens
the earth.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Vibháṇdak returns to the cottage with roots and woodland fruit, finds the
cell empty, and searches the wood for his son without success.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Herdsmen say that Lomapád, lord of the Angas, bestowed hamlets, cattle, and
riches on Rishyaśring as a sign of grace.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Vibháṇdak discerns the mighty will of fate and returns home cheerfully.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: A stately ship bears Rishyaśring away; clouds roar, the sky darkens, and heavy
rain falls when he reaches the royal town.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: King Lomapád meets the honored youth, bows low, gives the gift for high guests,
feeds and serves him carefully, and seeks his favor.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Lomapád gives his daughter Śántá to be Rishyaśring’s bride, and Rishyaśring
lives in the royal town with her as his wife.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rishyaśring
description: Son of Saint Vibháṇdak; a Brahman and hermit youth who is visited by
attractive strangers, follows the damsels, is carried to the royal town, is honored
by King Lomapád, and marries Śántá.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Vibháṇdak
description: A saint and father of Rishyaśring who warns his son, later finds the
cottage empty, searches for him, and accepts the will of fate.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Visitants / damsels
description: Attractive visitors described by Rishyaśring as embracing, singing,
and dancing; the narrative later calls them damsels who invite him to their lovely
home and lead him away.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lomapád
description: Lord of the Angas and monarch of the royal town; he bestows villages,
cattle, and wealth on Rishyaśring, honors him on arrival, serves him, and gives
him his daughter as bride.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Śántá
description: Fair, lotus-eyed daughter of Lomapád, given as bride to Rishyaśring
and later his beloved wife.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Swains, neatherds, and guardians of herds
description: Village herdsmen who answer Vibháṇdak’s question about the owner of
the rich land and report Lomapád’s gifts to Rishyaśring.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: hermit youth / Brahman guest
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rishyaśring is the son of Saint Vibháṇdak, called a Brahman, and is received
as an honored guest by the king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: father and ascetic guardian
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Vibháṇdak warns his son against the visitors and later searches for him when
the hermitage is empty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: seductive guides
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The visitants embrace, sing, and dance for Rishyaśring, then invite him to
their home and lead him away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: royal host and patron
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Lomapád gives lands and wealth, welcomes Rishyaśring with honor, feeds and
serves him, and offers his daughter in marriage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: royal bride
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Śántá is Lomapád’s daughter and is given to be Rishyaśring’s bride.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: rain-associated holy arrival
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rain falls as Rishyaśring travels with the damsels and again as he reaches
the royal town.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: local informants
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The herdsmen answer Vibháṇdak’s inquiry about the land and its ownership.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: rain from heaven
literal_form: Rain sent from heaven while Rishyaśring travels, and heavy rain at
the royal town.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: ship
literal_form: A stately ship that bears Rishyaśring away to the royal town.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: forest hermitage
literal_form: The forest and cottage or cell where Vibháṇdak and Rishyaśring live
before Rishyaśring is led away.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: royal town
literal_form: The city or royal town where Rishyaśring arrives, is honored, and
lives with Śántá.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: cattle and fields
literal_form: Herds of kine, fields of grain, hamlets, and riches associated with
Lomapád’s gift to Rishyaśring.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rishyaśring reports the visitors and receives a warning
summary: Rishyaśring describes the attractive visitors’ embraces, singing, and dancing;
Vibháṇdak warns him that such beings seek to spoil ascetic rites and betray him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Rishyaśring follows the damsels and rain begins
summary: Rishyaśring returns to the place where he saw the visitors, follows the
damsels to their home, and rain is sent from heaven as he travels with them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Vibháṇdak searches and learns of Lomapád’s gifts
summary: Vibháṇdak finds the hermitage empty, searches for his son, and later hears
from herdsmen that Lomapád has granted hamlets, cattle, and wealth to Rishyaśring.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Arrival at the royal town, rain, honor, and marriage
summary: Rishyaśring is borne by ship to the royal town as clouds darken and rain
falls; Lomapád honors, feeds, and serves him, then gives Śántá to him as bride.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: seductive luring of an ascetic beyond the hermitage
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Attractive visitants embrace, sing, and dance for Rishyaśring, then damsels
invite him away from the forest hermitage despite Vibháṇdak’s warning not to trust
them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes luring and boundary crossing but does not explicitly
call the damsels tricksters; Vibháṇdak’s warning may reflect his perspective.
- id: motif:2
label: holy person’s arrival accompanied by life-giving rain
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: Rain from heaven falls as Rishyaśring travels with the damsels, and a mighty
flood of rain falls when he reaches the royal town.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage links Rishyaśring’s movement and arrival with rain, but it
does not state a full seasonal cycle or drought context within the supplied lines.
- id: motif:3
label: royal hospitality and sacred exchange with a Brahman guest
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Lomapád grants hamlets, cattle, and riches to Rishyaśring, honors him as
a high guest, feeds and serves him, and seeks his grace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The exchange is clear in the passage, though the broader ritual or political
context is not supplied here.
- id: motif:4
label: marriage between royal daughter and holy Brahman
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: Lomapád gives his lotus-eyed daughter Śántá to be Rishyaśring’s bride, and
Rishyaśring lives in the royal town with her as his wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the marriage as royal gift and union; broader theological
implications would require surrounding text.
- id: motif:5
label: departure from forest hermitage to royal city
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Rishyaśring leaves the forest setting with the damsels, is borne away by
ship, and reaches the royal town.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives a clear departure, but it is embedded in a larger narrative
not included here.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2126-2143
quote_or_summary: Rishyaśring says visitors wound soft arms around his neck, held
him to their breasts, sang, danced, and played with glances and brows.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 2144-2155
quote_or_summary: Vibháṇdak warns his son that such beings roam near hermits, mar
austere rites, and seek to betray and destroy him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2156-2174
quote_or_summary: The next day Rishyaśring goes to the place where he saw the visitants;
the damsels meet him, invite him to their home, and he follows them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 2175-2180
quote_or_summary: "“A flood of rain from heaven was sent / That gladdened all the
earth.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 2181-2194
quote_or_summary: Vibháṇdak returns with roots and fruit, finds the cell empty,
and searches the wood for his son in vain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 2195-2212
quote_or_summary: Village herdsmen tell Vibháṇdak that Lomapád, lord of the Angas,
bestowed hamlets, cattle, and riches on Rishyaśring.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 2213-2216
quote_or_summary: The hermit discerns the mighty will of fate through meditation
and returns home cheerfully.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 2217-2224
quote_or_summary: A stately ship bears Rishyaśring away; clouds roar, the sky darkens,
and heavy rain falls as he reaches the royal town.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 2225-2235
quote_or_summary: The monarch divines the guest’s coming by the rain, meets him,
bows, gives the gift due to high guests, feeds him, and serves him carefully.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 2236-2243
quote_or_summary: The king gives his lotus-eyed daughter as the Brahman’s bride;
Rishyaśring lives in the royal town with Śántá his beloved wife.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is explicit about actions, figures, rain, royal gifts, and marriage.
Motif labels are limited to patterns supported by the supplied lines; broader
Rishyaśring context is not assumed.
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: |-
Line locators in evidence extend slightly beyond the user-supplied end where the passage text itself includes the concluding marriage lines; review canonical line alignment.
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