batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l25181-l25308
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l25181-l25308
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto CIII. The Funeral Libation. / Canto CIV. The Meeting With The Queens.
/ Canto CIX. The Praises Of Truth. / Canto CXI. Counsel To Bharat.; lines 25181-25308
start: '25181'
end: '25308'
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: Vaśishṭha counsels Ráma to honor father, mother, and holy guide, and to
heed Bharat’s request. Ráma replies that he will not break Daśaratha’s words.
Bharat prepares sacred grass and vows to remain fasting before Ráma’s leaf hut
until Ráma yields. Ráma rejects this pressure as improper for a consecrated prince
and urges Bharat to return to Ayodhyá. The people affirm Ráma’s fidelity to his
father’s decree. Bharat purifies himself with water, denies seeking rule, and
offers to take the exile himself. Ráma insists that his father’s promise must
stand, refuses to transfer the exile, praises Bharat, and asks him to keep the
monarch’s name free from falsehood.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Vaśishṭha states that father, mother, and holy guide should receive high honor.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Vaśishṭha urges Ráma to obey his mother and yield to Bharat’s request while
remaining on the virtuous path.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Ráma says a son cannot fully repay parental care and that he will not break
the words of Daśaratha, his king and father.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Bharat orders Sumantra to bring sacred grass and strew it on level ground.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Bharat vows to sit before Ráma’s leafy cot, fasting and watching Ráma’s face
until Ráma yields.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Ráma says Bharat’s suppliant posture is like a siege and is not proper for
one consecrated as a king.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The people say Ráma is right, faithful to his father’s decree, and cannot
be turned from his vow.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Ráma tells Bharat to place his hand on Ráma’s hand, touch water, and efface
his sin.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Bharat dips his hand, sips purifying water, denies that he sought the kingdom,
and offers to dwell alone in banishment if obedience to their father requires
it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Ráma refuses to place his exile on another and says his father’s living promise
must not be annulled by either brother.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Ráma says Kaikeyí sought and won her boon, he has done what his father swore,
and Bharat should clear the monarch’s name from falsehood.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Vaśishṭha
description: Saintly and holy guide who counsels Ráma on duty toward father, mother,
guide, and Bharat.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Prince addressed by Vaśishṭha and Bharat; he refuses to break Daśaratha’s
words or transfer his exile.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Ráma’s brother who vows to fast before Ráma’s cot, denies seeking rule,
and offers to take banishment himself.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sumantra
description: Wise charioteer addressed by Bharat and ordered to bring sacred grass.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Daśaratha
description: Ráma’s king and father whose words and promise Ráma says he will not
break.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Kaikeyí
description: Queen whose boon Ráma says was sought and won.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: The people
description: People present who answer Bharat and affirm Ráma’s faithfulness to
his father’s decree.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: holy guide and counselor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Vaśishṭha is identified as the sacred guide and gives counsel on righteous
conduct.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: obedient son
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ráma says he will not break the words spoken by Daśaratha, his father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: vow-keeping prince
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ráma is described as faithful to his sire’s decree and refuses to annul his
father’s promise or shift the exile to another.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: supplicant brother
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Bharat vows to remain fasting before Ráma’s cot until his brother yields.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: renunciation-offering prince
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Bharat denies seeking rule and offers to take solitary banishment if obedience
to their father requires it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: charioteer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Bharat directly addresses Sumantra as charioteer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: father and monarch whose promise governs events
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Ráma calls Daśaratha his king and sire and treats his spoken promise as binding.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: boon-claiming queen
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Ráma says Kaikeyí sought and won her boon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: public witnesses to duty
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The people affirm that Ráma is right and faithful to his father’s decree.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sacred grass seat for vow
literal_form: sacred grass strewn on level ground before Ráma’s leafy cot
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: purifying water
literal_form: water touched and sipped to efface sin
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: leafy cot in the woods
literal_form: Ráma’s leafy cot, before which Bharat vows to remain
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: consecrating drops
literal_form: drops shed upon a kingly head
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Vaśishṭha counsels filial and spiritual duty
summary: Vaśishṭha instructs Ráma that father, mother, and holy guide deserve honor,
and urges him to heed his mother and Bharat while following virtue.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Ráma affirms obedience to Daśaratha
summary: Ráma answers that parental care cannot be repaid and that he will not break
his father Daśaratha’s words.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Bharat undertakes a fasting vigil
summary: Bharat orders sacred grass to be laid out and vows to lie fasting before
Ráma’s leafy cot until Ráma grants his request.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Ráma rejects Bharat’s coercive vow
summary: Ráma tells Bharat that such a vow belongs to a wronged Bráhman rather than
to a consecrated prince and commands him to rise and go to Ayodhyá.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Public affirmation of Ráma’s vow
summary: Bharat asks the people to join his prayers, but they answer that Ráma is
right and faithful to his father’s decree.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Bharat’s purification and offer of exile
summary: Ráma directs Bharat to touch water; Bharat sips purifying water, denies
seeking rule, and offers to accept banishment himself.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Ráma preserves the father’s promise
summary: Ráma states that his father’s promise cannot be annulled, refuses to evade
exile by placing it on Bharat, praises Bharat, and asks him to preserve the monarch’s
name from falsehood.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: filial obedience to a father’s binding word
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
- wisdom
basis: The passage centers on Ráma’s refusal to break Daśaratha’s words and Vaśishṭha’s
teaching that father, mother, and guide must be honored.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy label divine_parent_child is only approximate here
because the passage presents a royal human father-son duty rather than an explicitly
divine parent-child relation.
- id: motif:2
label: royal legitimacy through truth and fulfilled promise
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Ráma treats the monarch’s promise as binding, refuses to annul it, and asks
Bharat to clear the monarch’s name from falsehood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: This is an internal political and ethical motif in the passage, not an
external comparison.
- id: motif:3
label: renunciation of kingship and acceptance of exile
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Bharat denies seeking rule and offers to dwell alone in banishment; Ráma
refuses to transfer his own exile.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage refers to exile and banishment but does not narrate the original
departure itself.
- id: motif:4
label: ritualized supplication by fasting vigil
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Bharat prepares sacred grass and vows to remain without food before Ráma’s
cot until his request is granted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly matches this ritualized pressure-vow.
- id: motif:5
label: purification with water before public declaration
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ráma instructs Bharat to touch water and efface sin; Bharat dips his hand,
sips purifying water, and then publicly declares his innocence and willingness
for exile.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The symbol taxonomy includes water, but no motif-family taxonomy item
directly names purification.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 25181-25211
quote_or_summary: Vaśishṭha teaches that father, mother, and holy guide deserve
honor; he urges Ráma to heed his mother, Bharat’s request, and the path of virtue.
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 25212-25224
quote_or_summary: Ráma replies that a son cannot repay parental care and that he
will not break the words of Daśaratha, his king and father.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 25225-25240
quote_or_summary: Bharat tells Sumantra to bring sacred grass; he vows to remain
without food before Ráma’s leafy cot until his brother yields.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 25241-25257
quote_or_summary: Ráma asks why Bharat besieges him as a suppliant, says this posture
belongs to wronged Bráhmans rather than consecrated kings, and tells Bharat to
rise and return to Ayodhyá.
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 25258-25270
quote_or_summary: Bharat asks the people to support his prayer; they answer that
Ráma is known as right and faithful to his father’s decree and cannot be turned
from his vow.
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 25271-25291
quote_or_summary: Ráma tells Bharat to place his hand on his, touch water, and efface
sin; Bharat sips purifying water, denies seeking rule, and offers to dwell alone
in banishment if obedience to their father requires it.
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 25292-25308
quote_or_summary: Ráma says his father’s promise must stand, refuses to place his
exile on Bharat, praises Bharat’s fidelity, says Kaikeyí’s boon was won, and asks
Bharat to clear the monarch’s name from falsehood.
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 is clear on actions and speeches. Motif labels are inferred cautiously
from the supplied taxonomy and the immediate ethical-political content. No external
comparison claims are made because the passage itself does not establish cross-textual
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'
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