batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l22113-l22211
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l22113-l22211
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto LXXXI. The Assembly. / Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII.
The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat.; lines 22113-22211
start: '22113'
end: '22211'
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 hears Guha’s account of Rāma and is overcome with grief, collapsing
to the ground. Śatrughna and Bharat’s mothers, including Kauśalyā, gather around
him in distress. Regaining consciousness, Bharat asks Guha where Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa,
and Sītā lodged and what they ate. Guha explains that Rāma refused offered food
and gifts, drank water brought by Lakṣmaṇa, fasted with Sītā, performed evening
worship with Lakṣmaṇa, lay with Sītā on a bed of sacred grass beneath a tree,
while Lakṣmaṇa, Guha, and Guha’s followers kept armed watch through the night.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Bharat hears Guha’s speech, is stirred with grief and pity, and collapses
like an uprooted tree.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Guha sees Bharat prostrate and afflicted and reels in distress.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Śatrughna embraces the helpless Bharat and weeps aloud.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Bharat’s mothers stand weeping around him; Kauśalyā caresses his limbs and
laments his condition.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Kauśalyā says that with the king dead and Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa forced to flee,
her life depends on seeing Bharat.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Bharat recovers enough to ask Guha where Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā lodged,
what couch Rāma used, and what food he ate.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Guha says he offered the best food and fruit he had to Rāma as an honored
guest.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Rāma declines Guha’s gifts, saying that he may not accept gifts and that his
law is to give.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Rāma drinks water brought by Lakṣmaṇa and fasts with Sītā in obedience to
vows.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Lakṣmaṇa also abstains from food, drinks only remaining water, and the three
perform evening worship.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Lakṣmaṇa spreads sacred grass with his own hands as a bed for Rāma and Sītā.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Guha identifies the tree that shaded Rāma and Sītā and the grass where they
spent the night before going on.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Lakṣmaṇa bathes Rāma and Sītā’s feet, then keeps watch all night with a strung
bow, quivers, and arrows.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: Guha, with bow and shafts, and his followers keep armed watch near Lakṣmaṇa.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Bharat
description: A long-armed chief and hero who collapses in grief after hearing Guha’s
account, then questions Guha about Rāma’s lodging and food.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Guha
description: King of the Nishādas who tells Bharat about Rāma’s stay and says he
kept watch with weapons and followers.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:14
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Śatrughna
description: Bharat’s dear brother who sees him helpless, embraces him, and weeps
aloud.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Kauśalyā
description: One of Bharat’s mothers in the passage; she caresses senseless Bharat
and laments his suffering.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Bharat’s mothers
description: The bereaved mothers, worn with fasting, stand weeping around Bharat
on the ground.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Rāma
description: A high-souled prince and honored guest who refuses gifts, drinks water,
fasts, worships, and rests with Sītā on sacred grass beneath a tree.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lakṣmaṇa
description: He brings water, fasts, worships, spreads sacred grass, bathes the
feet of Rāma and Sītā, and guards them all night with bow and arrows.
role_refs:
- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Sītā
description: Rāma’s spouse, called fair and faithful, who fasts with him and reclines
beside him on the sacred grass bed.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Guha’s followers
description: A ready band ranged behind Guha with bows in hand during the night
watch.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: The king
description: The deceased king referred to by Kauśalyā as having passed away.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: grieving listener
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bharat hears Guha’s speech and collapses from grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: questioner seeking traces of Rāma
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bharat asks where Rāma lodged, what couch he used, and what food he ate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: host and narrator
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Guha reports offering his best provisions and describes the night’s events
to Bharat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:14
- id: role:4
label: armed night watcher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:9
basis: Guha and his followers keep watch with bows and shafts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: role:5
label: mourning brother
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Śatrughna embraces Bharat and weeps when he sees him helpless.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: lamenting mother
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: The mothers stand weeping; Kauśalyā caresses Bharat and laments.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: exiled prince under vow
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Rāma refuses gifts, drinks water, fasts, and rests in the forest setting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: role:8
label: honored guest who refuses hospitality
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Guha brings food and fruit to serve Rāma, but Rāma declines the gift.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: attendant brother
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Lakṣmaṇa brings water, spreads grass, and bathes the feet of Rāma and Sītā.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: role:10
label: sentinel
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Lakṣmaṇa watches all night with bow, quivers, and arrows.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:11
label: forest-dwelling spouse
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Sītā fasts with Rāma and lies beside him on the grass bed beneath the tree.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:12
label: dead king
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Kauśalyā says the king has passed away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: tree shade
literal_form: The tree that shaded Rāma and Sītā during the night.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:2
label: sacred grass bed
literal_form: Heaps of sacred grass spread by Lakṣmaṇa as a bed for Rāma and Sītā.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: sym:3
label: water taken during fasting
literal_form: Water brought by Lakṣmaṇa and drunk by Rāma, with Lakṣmaṇa sipping
what remained.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:4
label: armed watch
literal_form: Strung bow, gloved hand, braced arm, quivers, arrows, shafts, and
bows held during the night watch.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: sym:5
label: refused food and fruit
literal_form: Food of varied kinds and fair fruit offered by Guha and declined by
Rāma.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Bharat collapses after hearing Guha
summary: Bharat hears Guha’s speech, is overcome by grief, and falls to the ground;
Guha is also shaken by the sight.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Family grief around Bharat
summary: Śatrughna embraces and weeps over Bharat; Bharat’s mothers gather around,
and Kauśalyā caresses him and laments the family’s losses.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Bharat questions Guha about Rāma’s night
summary: After recovering, Bharat asks Guha where Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā stayed,
what couch Rāma lay on, and what he ate.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Refused hospitality and fasting
summary: Guha recounts that he offered his best food and fruit, but Rāma refused
gifts, drank water, fasted with Sītā, and the three performed evening worship.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:5
label: Grass bed beneath the tree
summary: Lakṣmaṇa spreads sacred grass for Rāma and Sītā, and Guha points out the
tree and grass where they spent the night before departing.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: scene:6
label: Night watch
summary: Lakṣmaṇa stands sentinel all night with bow and arrows, while Guha and
his armed followers also remain wakeful nearby.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: departure into forest exile
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The passage repeatedly refers to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa being forced to flee and
to Rāma and Sītā spending the night beneath a tree before going on.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The broader cause and destination of the departure are outside this passage.
- id: motif:2
label: royal bereavement and succession dependence
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Kauśalyā states that the king has died, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa have fled, and
the lives of the family line now depend on Bharat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents emotional dependence and dynastic anxiety, but does
not include a formal enthronement or legal succession scene.
- id: motif:3
label: renunciatory refusal of hospitality
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Guha offers food and fruit to Rāma as an honored guest, but Rāma refuses
gifts, saying his law is to give and not accept.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy link is approximate; the passage emphasizes refusal of exchange
rather than a completed exchange.
- id: motif:4
label: vowed fasting and evening worship in exile
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Rāma drinks only water, fasts with Sītā according to vows, Lakṣmaṇa abstains
from food, and the three perform evening worship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: No explicit sacrificial offering is described; the motif is limited to
ascetic observance and worship.
- id: motif:5
label: protective brother sentinel
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Lakṣmaṇa attends to Rāma and Sītā, then watches all night as armed sentinel
while they rest.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage supports sibling protection, but the sibling-pair motif is
not developed beyond this protective episode.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 22113-22121
quote_or_summary: Bharat hears Guha’s speech, is moved by grief and pity, his limbs
grow cold, and he falls “like a tree uptorn.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt summarized with brief quotation.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 22122-22128
quote_or_summary: Guha sees the long-armed, lotus-eyed Bharat prostrate in despair
and reels like a tree in an earthquake.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 22129-22133
quote_or_summary: Śatrughna sees his dear brother helpless, bows his head in grief,
embraces him repeatedly, and weeps aloud.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 22134-22142
quote_or_summary: Bharat’s fasting-worn mothers stand weeping around him; Kauśalyā
caresses his senseless limbs like a cow caressing her young.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 22143-22158
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyā asks what sudden pain afflicts Bharat and says that with
Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa forced to flee and the king dead, Bharat is her only help.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: 22159-22168
quote_or_summary: 'Bharat rises and asks Guha: “Where lodged the prince that night?”
and asks to see the couch and know the food Rāma ate.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 22169-22176
quote_or_summary: Guha says he brought the best he had, including varied food and
fair fruit, to serve his honored guest.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: 22177-22184
quote_or_summary: 'Rāma declines Guha’s gift, saying, “No gifts, my friend, may
we accept: Our law is, Give, and must be kept.”'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 22185-22190
quote_or_summary: Rāma drinks water brought by Lakṣmaṇa and, obedient to vows, fasts
with Sītā.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 22191-22195
quote_or_summary: Lakṣmaṇa abstains from food, sips remaining water, and the three
perform evening worship.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 22196-22203
quote_or_summary: Lakṣmaṇa gathers sacred grass and spreads a bed with his own hands
for Rāma and faithful Sītā to lie on together.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: 22204-22209
quote_or_summary: 'Guha identifies the site: “Here stands the tree which lent them
shade,” and the grass where Rāma and his consort spent the night before leaving.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 22200-22218
quote_or_summary: Lakṣmaṇa bathes the pair’s feet, steps away, and watches all night
with strung bow, braced arm, quivers, and arrows.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: 22219-22227
quote_or_summary: Guha takes his shafts and bow, stands wakeful near Lakṣmaṇa, and
his followers remain ranged behind him with bows in hand.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong for the supplied passage. Motif mapping is cautious
because some taxonomy categories are broader than the immediate episode. No comparison
claims were added because the passage itself does not make an explicit comparison
to another tradition or motif family beyond the candidate motif classification.
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. The passage text includes a following canto heading, but no extraction was made from that heading except as a boundary indicator.
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