batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l21738-l21906
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l21738-l21906
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto LXXX. The Way Prepared. / Canto LXXXI. The Assembly. / Canto LXXXII.
The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun.; lines 21738-21906
start: '21738'
end: '21906'
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: Bharat begins a large royal journey toward the banished Ráma, accompanied
by priests, lords, queens, soldiers, townspeople, artisans, and servants. The
procession reaches the Gangá near Śringavera, where Bharat orders a halt, plans
to cross after rest, and intends to pour funeral water for his deceased father.
Guha, Ráma’s Nisháda ally, sees Bharat’s vast army, fears hostile intent against
Ráma, orders defensive preparations along the river and boats, but also approaches
Bharat with a gift while Bharat’s charioteer advises receiving him as one who
knows Ráma’s whereabouts.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Bharat rises early, rides in a noble chariot, and advances rapidly because
he is eager to see Ráma.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Priests, lords, elephants, cars, fighting men, and mounted archers form a
large procession with Bharat.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Kaikeyí, Sumitrá, and Kauśalyá travel in a radiant car, encouraged by hopes
of Ráma’s coming.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: People in the procession speak of seeing Ráma as an event that will remove
their tears, compared to shadows vanishing when the sun rises.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: Merchants, artisans, service workers, fishers, performers, women, and virtuous
Bráhmans join Bharat’s train in carts or bullock wagons.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The soldiers follow Bharat with joy because his love seeks to bring his brother
home again.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The procession reaches the Gangá near Śringavera, where Guha, Ráma’s ally,
dwells with friends and kinsmen.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Bharat orders the army captains called and proclaims a halt so the company
may rest before crossing the river the next day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: Bharat says he wishes to descend to the shore and pour a funeral stream from
the Gangá for his glorified father.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:10
text: The army rests in groups by the river while Bharat spends the night thinking
of bringing Ráma home from banishment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: Guha sees Bharat’s army spread over the Gangá shore with flags and pennons
and compares its size to the ocean.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Guha suspects Bharat has come with evil intent, possibly to bind or defeat
the local people, slay Ráma, and usurp the reign.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: Guha declares himself Ráma’s slave, friend, and ally, and orders armed watch,
troops on the river strand, and fishers to man the boats.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:14
text: Guha states that if Bharat has no guilty intent against Ráma, Bharat’s host
may cross the flood that day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:15
text: Guha approaches Bharat for an interview carrying a dish with honey, meat,
and fish as a gift.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:16
text: Bharat’s charioteer advises that Guha be admitted because he is Ráma’s firm
ally and may know where Ráma and Lakshmaṇ dwell.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Prince of Raghu’s line who leads the host toward Ráma, halts at the
Gangá, and intends to bring Ráma home.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Banished brother whom Bharat and the multitude seek; Guha calls him
lord, friend, and ally.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: Named with Ráma as one whom the noble host seeks and whose dwelling
may be known to Guha.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Kaikeyí
description: Royal woman who travels with Sumitrá and Kauśalyá in a radiant car,
cheered by hopes of Ráma’s coming.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sumitrá
description: Royal woman who travels with Kaikeyí and Kauśalyá in a radiant car,
cheered by hopes of Ráma’s coming.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Kauśalyá
description: Royal woman who travels with Kaikeyí and Sumitrá in a radiant car,
cheered by hopes of Ráma’s coming.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Guha
description: King of the Nishádas at Śringavera, Ráma’s ally, who prepares defenses
and then approaches Bharat with a gift.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Bharat’s charioteer
description: Noble charioteer who reports Guha’s approach and advises Bharat to
admit him.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Bharat’s deceased father
description: Bharat refers to him as his glorified father for whom he wishes to
pour funeral water from the Gangá.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Bharat’s host and city multitude
description: A collective procession of priests, lords, soldiers, townspeople, artisans,
servants, Bráhmans, and others accompanying Bharat.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Guha’s followers and river keepers
description: Guha’s servants, troops, youthful strong men, and fishers ordered to
guard the river and man boats.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Brother seeking to restore Ráma from banishment
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bharat’s love is described as desiring to bring his dear brother home again,
and he spends the night intent on bringing Ráma home from banishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: Banished brother sought by the procession
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The procession travels toward Ráma in his banishment and hopes to see him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: Companion sought with Ráma
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The host goes to see Ráma and Lakshmaṇ, and Guha may know where both dwell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: Allied lord and friend
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:7
basis: Guha is called Ráma’s dear ally, and Guha calls Ráma his lord, slave-master
relationship, friend, and ally.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: Royal women hoping for Ráma’s return
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: They travel in a radiant car and are cheered by hopes of Ráma’s coming.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: River guardian preparing defense
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Guha orders watch in arms, troops along the strand, and fishers to man boats
near the Gangá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: Suspected hostile claimant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Guha suspects Bharat has come with evil thought to slay Ráma and usurp the
reign, though this is Guha’s suspicion only.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: Courteous intermediary
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The charioteer reports Guha’s approach and advises that Bharat admit the
monarch as proper.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: Deceased father receiving funeral water
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Bharat wishes to pour a funeral stream from the Gangá for his glorified father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: Accompanying civic and military retinue
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The passage lists priests, lords, troops, tradespeople, servants, Bráhmans,
and others traveling with Bharat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:11
label: Local defensive river force
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Guha commands followers, river keepers, and fishers to stand ready and man
boats.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Gangá river water
literal_form: Gangá’s waves, flood, and auspicious tide
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: Funeral stream
literal_form: Water from the Gangá to be poured for Bharat’s father
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Vast royal host with flags
literal_form: Army on the Gangá shore with waving flag and pennon, compared in size
to the ocean
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Hospitality gift
literal_form: Dish of honey, meat, and fish
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: Boats on the river
literal_form: Five hundred boats to be manned by fishers
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:11
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Bharat begins the journey toward Ráma
summary: Bharat sets out early in his chariot with priests, lords, queens, elephants,
cars, soldiers, and archers, all eager to see Ráma.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: The city and trades join the procession
summary: A wide civic multitude of merchants, artisans, servants, Bráhmans, and
others follows Bharat, whose purpose is to bring his brother home.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Halt at the Gangá near Śringavera
summary: The host reaches the Gangá near Guha’s settlement; Bharat orders rest before
the river crossing and plans funeral water for his father.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Guha’s alarm and defensive preparations
summary: Guha sees the vast army on the Gangá shore, suspects Bharat intends harm
against Ráma, and orders followers and fishers to guard the river and boats, while
allowing that a guiltless Bharat may cross.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Guha approaches for parley
summary: Guha comes toward Bharat with honey, meat, and fish; Bharat’s charioteer
advises receiving him because he is Ráma’s ally and may know where Ráma and Lakshmaṇ
dwell.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Journey to recover a banished brother
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Bharat’s procession is repeatedly framed as traveling toward Ráma in banishment
and seeking to bring him home again.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the intention to bring Ráma home but does not show
the recovery completed.
- id: motif:2
label: Royal departure with full civic and military retinue
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Bharat begins a formal journey accompanied by priests, lords, queens, elephants,
chariots, soldiers, and many civic occupations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is a departure scene within an ongoing narrative rather than the
hero’s initial exile.
- id: motif:3
label: Sacred-river funerary libation for a father
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: At the Gangá, Bharat states that he wishes to pour a funeral stream from
the river’s auspicious tide for his glorified father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the intended rite but does not narrate its performance.
- id: motif:4
label: Suspicion of fraternal usurpation
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Guha fears Bharat has brought the army to slay Ráma, gain complete power,
and usurp the reign.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: This is Guha’s suspicion, not confirmed as Bharat’s actual motive in the
passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Loyal ally guarding a river boundary for an exiled hero
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Guha, Ráma’s ally, orders armed watch and boats at the Gangá before allowing
Bharat’s host to cross if guiltless.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No broader taxonomy reference is assigned beyond the literal pattern in
this passage.
- id: motif:6
label: Diplomatic gift before interview
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Guha approaches Bharat for an interview carrying honey, meat, and fish as
a gift.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not yet show Bharat receiving the gift or the outcome
of the interview.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 21738-21766
quote_or_summary: Bharat rises early, drives in a noble chariot toward Ráma, and
is accompanied by priests, lords, elephants, cars, fighting men, archers, and
the royal women Kaikeyí, Sumitrá, and Kauśalyá; the procession speaks joyfully
of seeing Ráma.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 21767-21811
quote_or_summary: The city multitude, including merchants, artisans, service workers,
fishers, performers, women, and Bráhmans, follows Bharat in vehicles; the soldiers
rejoice because Bharat’s love seeks to bring his brother home again.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 21812-21837
quote_or_summary: The procession reaches the Gangá near Śringavera, where Guha dwells
as Ráma’s ally; Bharat orders a halt before crossing the river and says he wishes
to pour funeral water from the Gangá for his father.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 21838-21850
quote_or_summary: Bharat’s army rests in groups by the river, and Bharat spends
the night intent on bringing his great-minded brother home from banishment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 21851-21884
quote_or_summary: Guha sees Bharat’s immense army on the Gangá shore, suspects an
attack against Ráma and an attempted usurpation, declares loyalty to Ráma, orders
armed defense and boats manned by fishers, and says Bharat may cross if guiltless.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 21885-21906
quote_or_summary: Guha approaches Bharat with a gift of honey, meat, and fish; Bharat’s
charioteer identifies him as Ráma’s firm ally who may know where Ráma and Lakshmaṇ
dwell, and advises admitting him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong for the journey, river halt, Guha’s suspicion,
and diplomatic approach. Motif labels are candidate-level and require review,
especially where based on Guha’s suspicion rather than confirmed action. No comparison
claims were made because the passage itself does not explicitly support cross-text
comparison.
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 supplied passage text and metadata. Proper names and roles are limited to what the passage states or directly implies.
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