batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l25639-l25819
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l25639-l25819
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 25639-25819
start: '25639'
end: '25819'
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 carries Rama’s sandals to Nandigram, installs them as royal emblems,
and rules as trustee until Rama’s return. Later Rama observes the anxiety of forest
hermits; an aged sage explains that Khara and other demons are disturbing their
rites, so the hermits depart while Rama remains in the grove.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Bharat asks Sumantra to yoke the car, pays obeisance to the queens, and travels
with Shatrughna, lords, priests, Brahmans, and an army toward Nandigram.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Bharat carries Rama’s sandals on his head while going to Nandigram.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Bharat states that Rama entrusted the lordship of the land to him when giving
the gold-wrought sandals as protective emblems.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Bharat deposits the sandals and instructs the people to give them a royal
canopy and reverence as Rama’s feet.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Bharat says the sandals will maintain right and law until Rama returns.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Bharat says he will guard the trust, restore the sandals and realm to Rama,
and serve his elder brother again.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Bharat lives at Nandigram in hermit’s dress with matted hair and administers
state affairs with the sandals installed on the royal seat.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Rama notices fear and care among the hermits and asks whether he, Lakshman,
or Sita has caused offence.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: An aged sage answers that Sita is not to blame and that dread has spread because
of fiends connected with Khara, Ravana’s brother.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Khara is described as gigantic, cruel, man-eating, sinful, arrogant, and hostile
to Rama.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Demons frighten the hermits, gather round altars, stop holy rites, extinguish
fires with floods, and trample water-urns.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: The sage says the hermits will leave the sacred wood and advises Rama to flee
with them before Khara harms him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: The hermits depart from the hermitage, while Rama remains in the grove from
which they have fled.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Rama’s brother who carries the sandals, installs them at Nandigram,
and administers the kingdom as a trust.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Rama
description: Bharat’s elder brother and Raghu’s heir, whose sandals are treated
as royal emblems and who later remains in the forest grove.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Shatrughna
description: Bharat’s brother who accompanies him by his side when he mounts the
car.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sumantra
description: The charioteer whom Bharat orders to yoke the car.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Queens
description: Queens to whom Bharat pays obeisance before departing.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Saint Vasishta
description: The saint at the head of the Brahmans in the procession.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Hermits / saints / anchorites
description: Forest ascetics who fear demonic harassment and leave the hermitage.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Aged sage
description: An old penitent who speaks for the hermits and explains their fear
to Rama.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Rama asks whether Lakshman has offended the hermits by heedlessness.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Sita
description: Rama’s gentle consort; the sage says she is not to blame and delights
in the good of all, especially anchorites.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Khara
description: Ravana’s brother, a gigantic and cruel demon who vexes Janasthan and
is hostile to Rama.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Demons / fiends
description: Beings of dreadful form who disturb the hermits, frighten them, and
disrupt their rites.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: trustee ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bharat says the lordship was consigned to him in trust and he administers
affairs through the sandals.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: devoted younger brother
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bharat carries Rama’s sandals on his head and vows to restore the realm to
Rama and serve him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: rightful king and elder brother
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Bharat treats Rama’s sandals as emblems of royal authority and expects Rama
to resume the reign.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: forest-dwelling protector figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The hermits seek Rama’s side, report danger, and advise him about Khara’s
threat; Rama remains in the grove.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: accompanying brother
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Shatrughna is described as being by Bharat’s side when he departs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: charioteer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Bharat tells Sumantra to yoke the car.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: royal women receiving obeisance
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Bharat pays obeisance to every queen before departing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: Brahmanical procession leader
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Saint Vasishta is at the head of the Brahmans who lead the pomp.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:9
label: threatened ascetics
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The hermits fear demonic violence and leave the hermitage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: spokesman sage
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The aged sage replies to Rama for the rest of the hermits.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: possible but denied source of offence
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Rama asks whether Lakshman’s heedlessness has offended the devotees.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:12
label: reverent consort cleared of blame
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Rama asks if Sita failed in reverence, and the sage denies blame, praising
her regard for anchorites.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:13
label: demonic antagonist
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Khara is named as Ravana’s brother who vexes Janasthan and hates Rama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:14
label: ritual disruptors
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The demons terrify hermits, stay holy rites, extinguish fires, and trample
water-urns.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Rama’s sandals
literal_form: Gold-wrought sandals of Rama’s feet, carried on Bharat’s head, placed
on the royal seat, and consulted in affairs of state.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: royal canopy
literal_form: Canopy that shades the king, requested for the sandals.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: royal seat
literal_form: Seat on which Rama’s sandals are installed at Nandigram.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: hermit’s dress and matted hair
literal_form: Bharat’s clothing and hair while dwelling at Nandigram with the army.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: sacred fire
literal_form: Ritual fires that demons extinguish with floods.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: water-urns and floods
literal_form: Water-urns trampled by demons and floods used to extinguish fires.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: sacred wood / hermitage grove
literal_form: Forest hermitage where Rama dwells and from which the saints depart
because of demons.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Procession to Nandigram with the sandals
summary: Bharat honors the queens, travels with Shatrughna, priests, Brahmans, army,
and citizens, and carries Rama’s sandals on his head toward Nandigram.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Installation of the sandals as royal emblems
summary: At Nandigram, Bharat declares that Rama entrusted him with the kingdom
through the sandals, orders royal honors for them, and promises to guard the trust
until Rama returns.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Rule under the sandals’ authority
summary: Bharat lives austerely at Nandigram and administers the kingdom with Rama’s
sandals on the royal seat, consulting them before state business.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Rama questions the anxious hermits
summary: Rama sees that the hermits are fearful and asks whether he, Lakshman, or
Sita has displeased them.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: The aged sage reports demonic harassment
summary: The sage explains that Khara and other demons trouble the hermits, disrupt
their rites, and make them fear remaining in the sacred wood.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Hermits depart while Rama remains
summary: The sage and hermits leave the hermitage after blessing and advising Rama,
but Rama does not abandon the grove.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: rule by delegated royal emblem
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Rama’s sandals are treated as emblems of sovereignty, receive royal honors,
are installed on the royal seat, and serve as the authority through which Bharat
administers the kingdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the sandals literally as a royal pledge and emblem;
broader comparative interpretation should be reviewed.
- id: motif:2
label: faithful regent awaiting the rightful ruler’s return
taxonomy_refs:
- return
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Bharat vows to preserve the trust, restore the sandals and realm to Rama,
and serve him when he returns.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is derived from the stated temporary nature of Bharat’s rule
and expectation of Rama’s return.
- id: motif:3
label: ascetics threatened by demonic disruption of rites
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The hermits report that demons terrify them, crowd around altars, obstruct
rites, extinguish fires, and trample ritual vessels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family exactly names this pattern; it is retained
as a passage-level candidate motif.
- id: motif:4
label: hero remains in dangerous sacred grove
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After the hermits leave because of demonic danger, Rama remains in the grove
from which they have fled.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not yet describe Rama’s subsequent confrontation with
the demons, only his decision not to leave.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 25639-25659
quote_or_summary: Bharat orders Sumantra to yoke the car, honors the queens, departs
with Shatrughna and a large procession led by Brahmans and Vasishta, and rides
to Nandigram with Rama’s sandals on his head.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 25660-25667
quote_or_summary: "“To me in trust my brother’s hand / Consigned the lordship of
the land, / When he these gold-wrought sandals gave / As emblems to protect and
save.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 25668-25679
quote_or_summary: Bharat deposits the sacred pledge, calls for a kingly canopy for
the sandals, commands reverence to them as Rama’s feet, and says they will maintain
right and law until Rama returns.
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 25680-25701
quote_or_summary: Bharat says he will guard the sacred trust, restore the sandals
and realm to Rama, serve his elder brother again, and rejoice when Rama resumes
the reign.
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 25702-25715
quote_or_summary: Bharat lives at Nandigram in hermit’s dress with matted hair;
the sandals are installed on the royal seat, and he administers state affairs
by referring authority to them and seeking them first in every task.
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 25716-25743
quote_or_summary: Rama remains in the wood, notices the hermits’ fear and changed
looks, and asks an elder sage whether he, Lakshman, or Sita has offended the devotees.
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 25744-25765
quote_or_summary: An aged sage says Sita is not to blame, but fear of fiends has
spread; Khara, Ravana’s gigantic and cruel brother, vexes Janasthan, feeds on
human flesh, and hates Rama.
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 25766-25787
quote_or_summary: The sage says demons take dreadful forms, terrify the saints,
insult them, remain around altars, stop holy rites, secretly assault anchorites,
extinguish fires with floods, and trample water-urns.
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 25788-25805
quote_or_summary: The sage says the saints will leave the sacred wood for another
forest rich in roots and fruit and advises Rama to flee with Sita before Khara
harms him.
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 25806-25819
quote_or_summary: The sage’s purpose does not change; he blesses Rama and departs
with the other saints. Rama bows to them, returns to his pure home, and does not
leave the grove from which the saints have fled.
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 extraction uses only the supplied passage. Motif labels are passage-level
candidates; comparison claims are omitted because the passage itself does not
make an explicit 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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