batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l25476-l25637
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l25476-l25637
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 25476-25637
start: '25476'
end: '25637'
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 reports that Ráma refused to return before completing fourteen years
of exile, accepted Vaśishṭha’s counsel to give Bharat a pair of golden sandals,
and entrusted the sandals to guard the realm. A hermit praises Bharat’s virtue.
Bharat returns toward Ayodhyá, sees the city desolate after Ráma’s departure,
enters his father’s palace in grief, and then resolves to dwell at Nandigrám until
Ráma returns as rightful ruler.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Bharat says Ráma denied the prayer to return and declared he would remain
true to his vow and his father’s decree until fourteen years were complete.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Vaśishṭha advises that Bharat should hold a pair of gold-decked sandals, which
would secure welfare and bliss in Ayodhyá.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Ráma rises, looks east, and consigns the sandals to Bharat’s hand so that
they may guard the land for him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The hermit praises Bharat’s just and true thoughts and says the deceased father
lives again in such a noble son.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Bharat falls before the hermit, clasps his feet, circumambulates reverently,
says farewell, and proceeds toward Ayodhyá with a large retinue.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Bharat’s party crosses the Yamuná and the Gangá, passes a flood with crocodiles
and monsters, reaches Śringavera, and then views Ayodhyá.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Ayodhyá is described as dark, sad, silent, and deprived of former joy, beauty,
music, garlands, perfumes, animal sounds, feasts, revelry, and song.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Bharat enters his father’s abode and the inner bowers, which are gloomy and
sad, and he sheds many tears.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Bharat tells his holy guides that he will go to Nandigrám to bear his grief
and wait until Ráma returns to rule as rightful lord.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Vaśishṭha and the other lords approve Bharat’s words as faithful, brotherly,
and unmoved from virtue’s path.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Bharat
description: A pious and high-souled prince who bears Ráma’s sandals to Ayodhyá,
grieves over Ráma’s exile and his father’s death, and resolves to wait at Nandigrám.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ráma / Raghu’s son
description: The son of Raghu who refuses to return before fourteen years, remains
true to his father’s decree, and entrusts his sandals to Bharat; Bharat names
him the rightful lord of the realm.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Saint Vaśishṭha / royal priest
description: A holy guide and royal priest who counsels the use of Ráma’s sandals
and later joins the lords in approving Bharat’s faithful speech.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Hermit
description: A hermit who receives Bharat’s report, praises his virtue, and is honored
by Bharat before departure.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Bharat’s deceased father / king
description: Bharat’s father, whose decree Ráma obeys and whose death Bharat mourns;
the hermit says he lives again in his noble son.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Charioteer
description: The driver to whom Bharat speaks while viewing the desolate city of
Ayodhyá.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Widowed queens
description: Queens lodged in their homes after Bharat sees them, before he announces
his departure to Nandigrám.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Vaśishṭha and the other lords / holy guides
description: The guides and lords whom Bharat addresses before leaving for Nandigrám,
and who approve his loyalty to Ráma.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Bearer of Ráma’s sandals
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bharat says the sandals were consigned to his hand and that he bears them
to Ayodhyá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: Loyal brother and temporary guardian of the realm
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bharat accepts the sandals, grieves for Ráma, and resolves to wait until
Ráma returns as ruler.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: Vow-keeping exile
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ráma states that he will remain true to his vow and his father’s decree for
fourteen years.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: Holy counselor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:8
basis: Vaśishṭha advises the use of the sandals; the holy guides hear and answer
Bharat’s speech.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: Ascetic recipient and moral evaluator
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The hermit receives Bharat’s tidings and praises his justice and truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: Mourning returner to Ayodhyá
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bharat travels back to Ayodhyá, observes the city’s grief, and weeps in the
palace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: Rightful lord
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Bharat says he will wait until Ráma is restored and rules the realm as rightful
lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: Deceased father whose decree governs the vow
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Ráma’s vow is tied to his father’s decree, and Bharat laments that his father
is dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: Driver addressed by Bharat
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Bharat speaks to the one who drives the steeds while entering Ayodhyá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: Widowed royal women
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The passage says each widowed queen is lodged in her home.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:11
label: Approving royal counselors
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The lords and Vaśishṭha approve Bharat’s faithful words.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Golden sandals as proxy of rule
literal_form: A pair of sandals decked with gold, entrusted by Ráma to Bharat to
guard the land.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
- sacred_exchange
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Fourteen-year vow
literal_form: The stated period of fourteen years during which Ráma’s promise and
exile remain in force.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: Holy rivers crossed on return
literal_form: The Yamuná and the Gangá crossed by Bharat’s host on the road back
toward Ayodhyá.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Desolate Ayodhyá
literal_form: The city appears dark, sad, silent, and bereft of former music, festivity,
scent, and public delight.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: Unfed sacrificial fire image
literal_form: Ayodhyá’s fallen condition is compared to sacrificial flames that
sink cold and dead when no longer fed.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: Nandigrám as place of waiting
literal_form: Nandigrám is the place where Bharat says he will bear grief and wait
for Ráma’s restoration.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- return
- royal_legitimacy
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Report of Ráma’s vow and the sandals
summary: Bharat recounts that Ráma refused to break his vow, accepted Vaśishṭha’s
counsel, and gave Bharat the golden sandals to guard the land in his stead.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Hermit praises Bharat’s virtue
summary: The hermit receives the report, praises Bharat’s just thoughts, and says
Bharat’s father lives again in such a noble son; Bharat honors him and departs.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Return journey to Ayodhyá
summary: Bharat travels with a large host, crosses the Yamuná and Gangá, passes
Śringavera, and approaches Ayodhyá.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Ayodhyá in mourning
summary: Bharat enters Ayodhyá and observes that the city is silent, gloomy, and
deprived of its former music, perfumes, processions, garlands, and pleasures because
of Ráma’s exile.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Grief in the palace
summary: Bharat enters his father’s abode and the women’s inner quarters, finds
them gloomy, and weeps.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Resolution to wait at Nandigrám
summary: After seeing the widowed queens, Bharat tells the holy guides that he will
go to Nandigrám and wait there until Ráma returns as rightful ruler; the counselors
approve his loyalty.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Royal authority vested in a substitute object
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
- sacred_exchange
basis: Ráma gives Bharat gold-decked sandals so that they may guard the land for
him while he remains in exile.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage identifies the sandals as guarding the land, but the broader
ritual or political mechanics are not elaborated in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Loyal brother preserves the rightful ruler’s claim
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Bharat refuses to claim kingship for himself, carries Ráma’s sandals, and
declares he will wait until Ráma is restored as rightful lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives Bharat’s stated intention and counselors’ approval;
later outcomes are outside this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: Vow-bound exile under a father’s decree
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Ráma says he will observe his father’s decree and maintain the promise until
fourteen years are complete.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt summarizes the vow but does not narrate the original departure
or decree in detail.
- id: motif:4
label: City mourns the absent rightful hero
taxonomy_refs:
- return
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Ayodhyá is depicted as dark, silent, and stripped of festivity after Ráma’s
flight, and Bharat asks when Ráma will return to make the people glad.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is based on the city’s described condition and Bharat’s speech,
not on an actual return within this passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Ascetic withdrawal while awaiting restoration
taxonomy_refs:
- return
- initiation
basis: Bharat chooses to go to Nandigrám to bear grief and wait for Ráma’s restoration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not describe Bharat’s life at Nandigrám, only his stated
intention.
- id: motif:6
label: Moral likeness of son to father
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The hermit says Bharat’s blessed father lives again when such a noble son
is seen, likening Bharat to virtue in human form.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: low
cautions: The father-son continuity is moral and royal rather than explicitly divine
in this excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 25476-25487
quote_or_summary: "“True to my vow, I still will be / Observant of my sire’s decree:
/ Till fourteen years complete their course / That promise shall remain in force.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public-domain translation; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 25488-25501
quote_or_summary: Vaśishṭha counsels Bharat to hold the gold-decked sandals; Ráma
rises, looks east, and gives them to Bharat so they may guard the land, and Bharat
bears them to Ayodhyá.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public-domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 25502-25513
quote_or_summary: The hermit praises Bharat’s just thoughts, calls him a pursuer
of right, and says his blessed father lives again in a noble son like virtue in
human form.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public-domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 25514-25522
quote_or_summary: Bharat bows to the hermit, clasps his feet, circumambulates in
reverence, says farewell, and proceeds toward Ayodhyá with elephants, cars, wagons,
steeds, and a large train.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public-domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 25523-25535
quote_or_summary: Bharat’s host crosses the Yamuná and the Gangá, passes waters
with crocodiles and monsters, reaches Śringavera, and then sees Ayodhyá.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public-domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 25536-25577
quote_or_summary: Ayodhyá is described through images of darkness, eclipse, dried
streams, unfed sacrificial fire, defeated armies, shaken earth, and a fallen star,
all emphasizing its mournful lost estate.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public-domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 25578-25605
quote_or_summary: Bharat asks the charioteer why the city streets are mute, without
lyres, lutes, minstrel songs, wreaths, blossoms, wine, sandal and aloe scent,
elephant roars, car din, horse neighing, feasts, revelry, or song since Ráma’s
flight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public-domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 25606-25617
quote_or_summary: Bharat passes into his father’s abode and the inner bowers, now
gloomy and sad, and pours many tears.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public-domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 25618-25631
quote_or_summary: After seeing each widowed queen lodged in her home, Bharat tells
his holy guides he will go to Nandigrám, bear grief there, and wait until Ráma
returns to rule the realm as rightful lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public-domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 25632-25637
quote_or_summary: Vaśishṭha and the other great lords answer that Bharat’s words
are good, led by brotherly affection, faithful to his brother, and unmoved from
virtue’s path.
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: Extraction uses only the supplied passage. Motif identification is strongest
for royal legitimacy, delegated rule through sandals, and loyal brotherhood; other
motifs are more tentative because the excerpt gives only part of the broader episode.
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: |-
No external comparisons were added. Taxonomy references are limited to the provided motif-family and symbol lists.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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