batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l25311-l25474
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l25311-l25474
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto CIV. The Meeting With The Queens. / Canto CIX. The Praises Of Truth.
/ Canto CXI. Counsel To Bharat. / Canto CXII. The Sandals.; lines 25311-25474
start: '25311'
end: '25474'
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 begs Ráma to return and rule, but Ráma refuses because he will keep
his father’s word. Bharat asks Ráma to place his feet on gold-decorated sandals,
receives them as tokens to protect the realm, vows to live ascetically outside
the kingdom for fourteen years, and delegates rule to the sandals until Ráma’s
return. Ráma bids farewell, and Bharat carries the sandals away on his head and
in royal procession.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sages praise the two brothers and advise Bharat to accept Ráma’s righteous
counsel for their father’s sake.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Bharat petitions Ráma to take up the duty of kingship, saying the realm is
too hard for him alone to rule and that the people look to Ráma.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Bharat falls at Ráma’s feet in sorrow while pleading with him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Ráma raises Bharat, embraces him, and says Bharat can rule with the help of
sages, counsellors, peers, and friends.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Ráma declares that he will keep his father’s word even if extraordinary natural
reversals occur.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Bharat asks Ráma to put gold-decorated sandals on his feet, saying the sandals
will protect the realm and people.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Ráma places the sandals beneath his feet and gives them to Bharat.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Bharat vows to wear hermit’s dress and matted hair, live on fruit and roots,
remain outside the realm, and delegate rule and state affairs to the shoes for
fourteen years.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Bharat says that if Ráma does not return when fourteen years are complete,
he will burn his body in kindled fire.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Ráma embraces Bharat and Śatrughna, asks that there be no anger toward Kaikeyí’s
minister, and bids farewell with tears.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Bharat circumambulates Ráma in reverence, places the gold sandals above his
brows, and binds them on the head of the royal elephant.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Bharat carries the sandals on his head as he departs, with Śatrughna beside
him, and the party circles Chitrakúṭa before reaching Bharadvája’s hermitage.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Kauśalyá’s son; addressed by Bharat as noble brother and lord of men;
refuses to abandon his father’s word and gives his sandals to Bharat.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Ráma’s brother; petitions Ráma, receives the sandals, vows ascetic
conduct, and bears the sandals away.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Śatrughna
description: Ráma’s brother; embraced by Ráma and later travels beside Bharat.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sages, saints, royal sages, and bards of Paradise
description: Holy observers who praise the brothers, advise Bharat, and then withdraw.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Kaikeyí
description: Bharat’s mother, mentioned by Ráma in connection with the deed that
led to events; Ráma instructs Bharat to put the memory away and show filial reverence.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sítá
description: Ráma says that the request not to be angry with Kaikeyí’s minister
is Sítá’s prayer as well as his own.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Royal elephant
description: The elephant in the royal procession on whose head the sandals are
bound.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Bharadvája
description: A saint at whose hermitage Bharat arrives on the return journey and
who asks whether Bharat has met Ráma.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
roles:
- id: role:1
label: vowed son keeping father’s command
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma says he will keep his father’s word despite impossible-seeming natural
changes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: source of delegated royal authority
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma places his feet on the sandals and gives them to Bharat, who will delegate
rule to them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: supplicant brother
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Bharat pleads with Ráma, falls at his feet, and asks him to rule.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: ascetic regent under token authority
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Bharat vows hermit dress, matted hair, simple food, residence outside the
realm, and rule delegated to the shoes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: accompanying brother
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Śatrughna is embraced by Ráma and later rides beside Bharat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:6
label: holy witnesses and advisers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The sages praise the brothers and counsel Bharat to accept Ráma’s counsel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: mother whose action must be forgiven
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Ráma refers to Bharat’s mother’s role in planning the deed and tells Bharat
to show filial love and reverence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:8
label: intercessor in request for forbearance
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Ráma says the request not to be angry with Kaikeyí’s minister is Sítá’s earnest
prayer and his.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: royal bearer of sandals
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The sandals are bound on the royal elephant’s head during Bharat’s departure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: hermit host on return route
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Bharat reaches Bharadvája’s hermitage and is addressed by the saint.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Ráma’s sandals
literal_form: Gold-decorated sandals placed beneath Ráma’s feet, given to Bharat,
carried on Bharat’s head, and bound on the royal elephant’s head.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: sym:2
label: hermit dress and matted hair
literal_form: Bharat’s promised ascetic clothing and matted hair during the fourteen-year
period.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: kindled fire
literal_form: Fire in which Bharat says his body will burn if Ráma does not return
after fourteen years.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: Chitrakúṭa height
literal_form: Mountain height circled reverently by Bharat’s party on their homeward
way.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:5
label: fourteen-year term
literal_form: The fourteen seasons or years during which Bharat vows to wait for
Ráma’s return.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Sages praise and advise
summary: Holy witnesses praise the brothers and counsel Bharat to follow Ráma’s
righteous advice for their father’s sake.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Bharat’s plea for Ráma to rule
summary: Bharat tells Ráma that he cannot rule the realm alone, says the people
look to Ráma, and falls at his feet in sorrow.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Ráma refuses by paternal vow
summary: Ráma raises and embraces Bharat, recommends counsel in rulership, and states
that he will keep his father’s word.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:13
- id: scene:4
label: Transfer of the sandals
summary: Bharat asks Ráma to wear the gold sandals briefly, Ráma places them under
his feet, and gives them to Bharat.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Bharat’s fourteen-year vow
summary: Bharat vows ascetic living outside the realm, delegates royal rule to the
shoes, and threatens death by fire if Ráma does not return at the appointed time.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Farewell and royal procession
summary: Ráma embraces his brothers and bids farewell; Bharat reverently circumambulates
him, places the sandals above his brows, and has them borne on the royal elephant.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Bharat’s return journey
summary: Bharat carries the sandals on his head, departs with Śatrughna, circles
Chitrakúṭa, and reaches Bharadvája’s hermitage.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: delegated kingship through a royal token
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Ráma’s sandals touch his feet, are given to Bharat, and are treated as the
authority to which rule and state affairs are delegated.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the sandals as protecting or governing the realm,
but does not explain a full theory of sovereignty beyond this scene.
- id: motif:2
label: sacred exchange of an authority-bearing object
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Bharat requests the sandals from Ráma; Ráma places them beneath his feet
and gives them to Bharat, who carries them reverently and uses them as the focus
of delegated rule.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is devotional and political; the passage does not explicitly
call it a ritual exchange.
- id: motif:3
label: vow of waiting for the rightful ruler’s return
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Bharat vows to remain outside the realm in ascetic form for fourteen years
while longing for Ráma to return, and sets a consequence if Ráma does not return
on time.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The motif centers on anticipated return rather than an actual return within
this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: ascetic self-denial by a royal substitute
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Bharat promises hermit’s dress, matted hair, roots and fruit, residence beyond
the realm, and possible death by fire if Ráma does not return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The self-denial and threatened fire-death are explicit, but the passage
does not frame them with the term sacrifice.
- id: motif:5
label: filial duty overriding political desire
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: 'The sages and Ráma both frame action in relation to the father: Bharat should
accept Ráma’s counsel for his father’s sake, and Ráma insists he will keep his
father’s word.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the father is royal and deceased
rather than explicitly divine in this passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 25311-25339
quote_or_summary: Sages marvel at the brothers, praise their virtue, and advise
Bharat to take Ráma’s righteous counsel for their father’s sake.
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 25340-25362
quote_or_summary: Bharat asks Ráma to respect kingly duty, says he cannot rule the
realm alone, and says the people look to Ráma as farmers look for rain.
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 25363-25366
quote_or_summary: "“He spoke, and fell in sorrow drowned / At Ráma’s feet upon the
ground”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 25367-25378
quote_or_summary: Ráma raises Bharat, embraces him, and advises him to rule with
the help of sages, counsellors, peers, and friends.
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 25379-25382
quote_or_summary: "“The moon his beauty may forgo... / But I my father’s word will
keep.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 25391-25396
quote_or_summary: "“Put, noble brother, I entreat, / These sandals on thy blessed
feet: / These, lord of men, with gold bedecked, / The realm and people will protect.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 25397-25400
quote_or_summary: Ráma places the sandals beneath his feet and gives them with affection
to Bharat’s hand.
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 25401-25410
quote_or_summary: "“Through fourteen seasons will I wear / The hermit’s dress and
matted hair... / The rule and all affairs of state / I to these shoes will delegate.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: lines 25411-25414
quote_or_summary: "“When fourteen years have reached their close... / The kindled
fire my frame shall burn.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 25415-25422
quote_or_summary: Ráma embraces Bharat and Śatrughna, asks that Kaikeyí’s minister
not be blamed, says this is Sítá’s prayer and his, and bids farewell tearfully.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 25423-25430
quote_or_summary: Bharat circumambulates Ráma in reverence, places the bright gold
sandals above his brows, and binds them on the royal elephant’s head.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 25443-25460
quote_or_summary: Bharat bears the sandals on his head, departs with Śatrughna,
and the party circles Chitrakúṭa’s height on the homeward way.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 25383-25386
quote_or_summary: Ráma tells Bharat to put away the memory of whether love or greed
led his mother to plan the deed, and to show filial love and reverence.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 25461-25474
quote_or_summary: Bharat reaches Bharadvája’s hermitage, bows before the saint,
and the saint asks whether Bharat has met Ráma and done his duty.
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: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif labels
are candidate classifications based on available taxonomy references and should
be checked by a human reviewer.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. No external comparison claims were added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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