batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l24240-l24301
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l24240-l24301
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 24240-24301
start: '24240'
end: '24301'
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 returns up the mountain to his cottage, embraces his brothers, and
joins Sítá and the others in loud weeping for the dead king. Bharat’s army hears
the cries, rushes toward them, and the tumult frightens forest animals and birds.
The crowd finds Ráma on his sacrificial ground, curses the hump-back and the queen,
and approaches him in tears. Ráma embraces and honors his loved ones as the grief
of the heroes resounds through hill, cavern, earth, and sky.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Ráma retraces his path up the mountain to his cottage door.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Ráma embraces his brothers at the cottage.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Ráma, his brothers, and Sítá weep loudly in sorrow for the dead king.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Bharat’s soldiers interpret the weeping as Ráma meeting his brother again
and grieving for their father the king.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Men from Bharat’s army leave vehicles behind or proceed with cars, elephants,
and horses toward the sound of weeping.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The movement of hoofs and wheels creates a deafening noise compared to a cloud-darkened
heaven.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Elephants, forest animals, and birds are frightened by the tumult and flee
or fly away.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Ráma is found on his sacrificial ground.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The crowd, wet-eyed and affectionate, curses the hump-back and the queen while
running to Ráma.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Ráma looks on the multitude with tears and embraces his loved ones as a father
and mother would.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Some people press Ráma’s feet reverently, some are embraced by him, and each
friend receives kind words and honor.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: The weeping heroes’ cry fills hill, cavern, earth, and sky.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ráma
description: The chief who returns to his cottage, embraces his brothers and loved
ones, is found on sacrificial ground, and honors the grieving crowd.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Ráma’s brother, named by the soldiers as the one meeting Ráma again;
his army hears the weeping.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Ráma’s brothers
description: Brothers whom Ráma strains to his breast and with whom he weeps.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sítá
description: Present with Ráma and his brothers in their sorrow and weeping.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Bharat’s soldiers and army
description: The soldiers hear the chiefs’ weeping, speak about its cause, and rush
toward the sound with men, vehicles, elephants, and horses.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: The crowd or multitude
description: A tearful crowd curses the hump-back and the queen, runs to Ráma, presses
his feet, receives embraces, and is addressed with kind words.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: The dead king
description: Referred to by the soldiers as the sire and king for whom the chiefs
sorrow.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: The hump-back and the queen
description: Two figures cursed by the tearful crowd near Ráma’s sacrificial ground.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Forest animals and birds
description: Elephants, deer, lion, tiger, boar, roe, bison, wild-cow, buffalo,
and birds are frightened by the army’s tumult.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: reunited brothers
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The passage presents Ráma embracing his brothers and the soldiers saying
that Ráma meets his brother again.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: revered chief
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma is called a sinless, glorious chief and is approached reverently by
the crowd.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: comforting kin-leader
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma embraces loved ones as a father and mother would and gives friends kind
words and honor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: mourner
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: Ráma’s brothers and Sítá join in weeping for the dead king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: witnessing retinue
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Bharat’s soldiers hear and interpret the weeping, then hurry toward it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: grieving subjects or companions
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The crowd is tearful, affectionate, and approaches Ráma in grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: reverent petitioners
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Some press Ráma’s feet, and others are embraced or honored by him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: deceased father-king
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The soldiers identify the grief as sorrow for the brothers’ sire, the king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: blamed figures
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The crowd loads the hump-back and the queen with curses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: frightened forest beings
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Animals and birds flee or fly away when they hear the army’s tumult.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mountain setting
literal_form: mountain side, hill, cavern
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: sym:2
label: cottage threshold
literal_form: Ráma’s cottage door
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: sacrificial ground
literal_form: Ráma’s sacrificial ground
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: tears and weeping
literal_form: loud cries, wet cheeks, dim eyes, big tears
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: frightened forest
literal_form: wild elephants, forest animals, and birds fleeing from the tumult
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Return to the cottage and family embrace
summary: Ráma goes up the mountain to his cottage door and embraces his brothers;
Ráma, Sítá, and the brothers weep loudly.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Army hears the mourning and rushes forward
summary: Bharat’s soldiers identify the cries as the grief of Ráma and his brother
for the king, then the army moves rapidly toward the sound.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Tumult disturbs the forest
summary: The noise of hoofs, wheels, men, elephants, and horses spreads through
the area, frightening elephants, other animals, and birds.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Crowd gathers at Ráma’s sacrificial ground
summary: The crowd finds Ráma on his sacrificial ground, curses the hump-back and
the queen, and approaches him with tears and affection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Reverent greeting and collective grief
summary: Ráma embraces and honors the people; some press his feet, and the heroes’
weeping resounds through the landscape.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: reunion after separation
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Ráma comes back to his cottage, embraces his brothers, and is recognized
by the army as meeting his brother again after absence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes reunion and return within the local scene; it does
not by itself complete the larger exile-return arc.
- id: motif:2
label: sibling pair in shared grief
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Ráma and Bharat are framed as brothers meeting again and grieving for their
father the king; Ráma also embraces his brothers collectively.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage includes more than a pair, since Ráma’s brothers are mentioned
collectively and Sítá and the crowd also grieve.
- id: motif:3
label: mourning for the dead father-king
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The soldiers state that the chiefs sorrow for their sire the king, and the
grief of royal figures and followers dominates the scene.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not discuss succession or rule directly; the royal-legitimacy
connection is limited to the dead king and the chiefs’ public mourning.
- id: motif:4
label: sacred-ground encounter
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Ráma is found on his sacrificial ground as the crowd approaches him in grief
and reverence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: No sacrificial act is described in this line range; only the location
is named.
- id: motif:5
label: public grief echoing through nature
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The cries of weeping roll around the mountain, the army’s movement frightens
animals and birds, and the heroes’ final cry fills hill, cavern, earth, and sky.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: This is a scene pattern rather than a supplied taxonomy family.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 24240-24245
quote_or_summary: Ráma retraces his path up the pleasant mountain side, reaches
his cottage door, and strains his brothers to his breast.
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 24246-24252
quote_or_summary: Ráma, his brothers, and Sítá raise loud cries of weeping that
echo around the mountain; Bharat’s army fears the sound of the chiefs’ 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 24253-24257
quote_or_summary: "“His brother Ráma meets again” and “They sorrow for their sire
the king.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 24258-24267
quote_or_summary: The men leave car and wain or proceed with car, elephant, and
horse, hurrying toward the weeping and toward their lord as if seeing an exile
long unseen.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 24268-24272
quote_or_summary: The earth, beaten by hoofs and wheels, sends out a deafening noise
compared to heaven dark with clouds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 24273-24288
quote_or_summary: Elephants flee to the woods; forest creatures including deer,
lion, tiger, boar, bison, wild-cow, and buffalo feel terror; birds fly from trees,
thickets, and lakes.
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 24289-24294
quote_or_summary: Ráma is found on his sacrificial ground; the tearful crowd curses
the hump-back and the queen and runs affectionately to him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 24295-24299
quote_or_summary: Ráma looks on the multitude with tears and throws his arms around
his loved ones as a sire and mother would.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 24300-24303
quote_or_summary: Some press Ráma’s feet reverently; some are embraced by him; each
friend receives kind words and honor.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 24304-24307
quote_or_summary: Overcome by grief, the heroes’ weeping cry fills hill, cavern,
earth, and sky like the roar of many drums.
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: uncertain
notes: The passage clearly supports the literal reunion, mourning, sacrificial-ground
setting, and nature-disturbance observations. Motif labels are cautious and limited
to the supplied taxonomy where directly relevant. No external comparison claims
are made.
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 references follow the supplied locator. Some evidence locators extend slightly beyond the requested end line because the supplied passage text includes the closing stanza after line 24301; review against canonical line numbering is recommended.
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