batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l24124-l24238
---
record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l24124-l24238
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XCVIII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto C. The Meeting. / Canto CI. Bharata
Questioned. / Canto CIII. The Funeral Libation.; lines 24124-24238
start: '24124'
end: '24238'
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: Ráma hears from Bharat that his father has died, faints, grieves, and asks
how he can honor the dead king. He tells Sítá and Lakshmaṇ the news, prepares
for funeral rites, proceeds with them and Sumantra to a holy river, offers water
toward the south to his father among the spirits, and then offers a cake made
with jujube and Ingudí on sacred grass.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Bharat tells Ráma that his father is dead.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: On hearing the news, Ráma loses his senses, raises his arms, faints, and falls
to the ground.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Ráma's wife and brothers come quickly and throw water over him while weeping.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Ráma asks how he may please his father's spirit and laments that his brothers
have already paid offerings to the dead king's shade.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Ráma tells Sítá that the king is gone and tells Lakshmaṇ that his sire is
dead and enrolled with the gods.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The brothers advise that libations should be paid to their father, the king.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Ráma asks Lakshmaṇ to bring pressed Ingudí fruit and a new bark mantle for
the offering.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: 'Ráma states the order of the funeral procession: Sítá first, Lakshmaṇ next,
and Ráma last.'
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Sumantra and the royal brothers help soothe Ráma and guide him down to the
holy side of a river.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: At a shallow place in the stream, the funeral drops are shed and addressed
to the father.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Ráma fills his hollowed hand with water, turns to the southern side, stretches
out his arm, and offers the water to the deceased king where the spirits live.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: After the water rite, Ráma and his brothers offer a cake of jujube fruit and
dried Ingudí seed on sacred grass to their father's shade.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ráma
description: The chief who hears of his father's death, faints, grieves, directs
the funeral actions, and offers water and food to his father.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Ráma's brother who brings the news of the father's death.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sítá
description: Ráma's wife, described as weeping at the news and placed first in the
funeral procession.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: Ráma's brother, told of his sire's death and asked to bring materials
for the offering.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sumantra
description: A noble, gentle, modest follower of the princely youths who helps soothe
and guide Ráma to the river.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Dead father / king / lord of kings
description: The deceased father of the brothers, a king whose shade or spirit receives
water and food offerings.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: mourning son
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma faints and weeps after hearing his father is dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: funeral rite performer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma directs the rite and offers water and food for his father's shade.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: bearer of death news
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Bharat reports the father's death to Ráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: grieving wife and procession participant
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sítá weeps at the news and is named first in the funeral procession.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: brother and ritual assistant
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Lakshmaṇ is told of the death and asked to bring Ingudí fruit and a bark
mantle for the offering.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: loyal guide and comforter
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Sumantra helps soothe Ráma's grief and guides him to the river.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: deceased father and ritual recipient
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The dead king's spirit, shade, and presence among spirits are named as recipients
of libation and food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: funeral water
literal_form: Clear water from the river, held in Ráma's hollowed hand and offered
to the dead king.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: holy river
literal_form: A lovely stream with blossoming woods and a pure shallow where the
rites are performed.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: southern side
literal_form: The direction toward which Ráma turns while offering water to the
dead king.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: Ingudí and jujube funeral cake
literal_form: A cake made from jujube fruit mixed with dried Ingudí seed and offered
to the father's shade.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: sacred grass
literal_form: Grass on which the funeral cake is placed.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: bark mantle
literal_form: A fresh new bark mantle requested by Ráma for the offering due.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: News of the father's death and Ráma's collapse
summary: Bharat reports the father's death; Ráma is overwhelmed, faints, and is
revived with water by his wife and brothers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Lament and preparation for funeral rites
summary: Ráma laments his father, tells Sítá and Lakshmaṇ the news, receives counsel
to pay libations, and requests materials for the offering and procession.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Descent to the holy river
summary: Sumantra and the royal brothers guide the grieving Ráma to the side of
a blossoming river and down to a clear shallow.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Water libation to the dead king
summary: Funeral drops are shed; Ráma fills his hand with water, turns south, and
offers the water to the king among the spirits.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Food offering to the father's shade
summary: Ráma and his brothers offer a cake of jujube and Ingudí on sacred grass
for their father's shade.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: funeral libation to the deceased father
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Ráma offers water to the dead king where the spirits live and asks that the
offering be accepted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific ancestor-rite or funeral-libation
category; sacred_exchange is used because an offering is made to a deceased recipient.
- id: motif:2
label: food offering shared with the dead
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
- sacrifice
basis: Ráma offers a cake made from the food his children eat to the father's shade
and states that blessed gods do not refuse mortal food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents a funeral offering rather than an explicit sacrificial
killing or altar sacrifice.
- id: motif:3
label: ritual procession of mourners
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: 'Ráma specifies the sequence of the funeral procession: Sítá first, Lakshmaṇ
next, and Ráma last.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches a funeral procession.
- id: motif:4
label: southern orientation in rites for the dead
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ráma turns to the southern side while offering water to the dead king among
the spirits.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states the directional action but does not explain its meaning.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 24126-24140
quote_or_summary: Bharat's mournful speech reports that Ráma's father is dead; Ráma
is struck by the news, raises his arms, faints, and falls to the ground.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 24141-24148
quote_or_summary: Ráma's wife and brothers rush to him, weep, throw water over him,
and he slowly regains sense and strength while weeping.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 24149-24175
quote_or_summary: "“How may I please his spirit?” Ráma laments that his brothers
have paid due offerings to the dead king's shade and that their father is held
by other worlds."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 24176-24188
quote_or_summary: Ráma tells Sítá that the king is gone and tells Lakshmaṇ that
his sire is dead and enrolled with the gods; the youths weep, and Sítá is struck
by grief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 24186-24191
quote_or_summary: "“Now to the king our sire who swayed / The earth be due libations
paid.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 24192-24205
quote_or_summary: 'Ráma asks Lakshmaṇ to bring pressed Ingudí fruit and a fresh
bark mantle for the offering, and orders the funeral procession: Sítá first, Lakshmaṇ
next, Ráma last.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 24206-24219
quote_or_summary: Sumantra, with the royal brothers' aid, soothes Ráma and guides
him to a lovely holy river bordered by blossoming woods.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 24220-24231
quote_or_summary: At the stream they shed funeral drops; Ráma fills his hollowed
hand, turns south, and says, “This sacred water clear and pure... Accept it where
the spirits live!”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 24232-24238
quote_or_summary: 'After the rite, Ráma and his brothers offer tribute to the father''s
shade: jujube fruit mixed with dried Ingudí seed, placed on sacred grass, as a
cake for the great king.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage directly supports the funeral sequence, named figures, objects,
and offerings. Motif taxonomy mapping is approximate because the available taxonomy
lacks a specific funeral-libation or ancestor-offering entry. No comparison claims
were added because the passage itself does not compare traditions or motif families.
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: |-
All observations and motifs are limited to the provided passage and metadata.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l24124-l24238
passage_sha256=c62bf634dfbbeab0c52d25a162df7805ef00af23fc9ddadb9e375cb39828eacd