batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l25822-l25995
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l25822-l25995
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 25822-25995
start: '25822'
end: '25995'
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 leaves a forest dwelling that recalls Bharat’s visit and comes with
Sítá and Lakshmaṇ to Atri’s retreat. Atri welcomes them and introduces his aged
ascetic wife Anasúyá, recounting her severe penance and supernatural aid to sages
and gods. Ráma directs Sítá to approach Anasúyá. Anasúyá praises Sítá for renouncing
kin, state, and wealth to follow her husband into the woods, and teaches the virtue
and heavenly reward of wifely devotion. Sítá replies that she knows and accepts
this duty, praises Ráma, remembers maternal counsel and the marriage fire, and
cites Sávitrí, Rohiṇí, and other faithful wives. Pleased, Anasúyá kisses Sítá’s
head and offers her a boon from accumulated ascetic merit; Sítá says nothing remains
to wish for.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Ráma is displeased by dwelling in the lonely spot because it recalls Bharat,
the townsmen, and his mother.
category: setting
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- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The place also recalls Bharat’s encampment, including horses and elephants
that disturbed the retreat.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Ráma leaves to seek another home with Sítá and Lakshmaṇ beside him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Ráma comes to Atri’s retreat, reveres the holy man, and is welcomed as a dear
guest; Lakshmaṇ and Sítá are also duly received.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Atri introduces Anasúyá as his blameless venerable wife, a devotee of saintly
life and holy vows.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Atri says Anasúyá spent ten thousand years in penance, caused roots and fruit
to grow during a ten-year drought, ordered Gangá to flow there, and aided the
gods by making ten nights into one.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Ráma tells Sítá to approach Anasúyá so that the saintly woman’s touch may
bless her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Sítá approaches Anasúyá, bows her head, identifies herself, and raises suppliant
hands.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Anasúyá praises Sítá for resigning kin, state, and wealth to follow Ráma into
the solitary woods.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Anasúyá teaches that women who continue to love and serve their husbands gain
high heavenly spheres, fame, and merit.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Sítá replies that she would not leave her husband even if he lacked virtues,
and emphasizes Ráma’s compassion, self-control, righteousness, and kindness.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Sítá recalls counsel from her mother and from Ráma’s mother, and remembers
standing by the fire when Ráma clasped her hand.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Sítá cites Sávitrí, Rohiṇí, and many other faithful wives as women glorified
through devotion to their husbands.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: Anasúyá is moved by Sítá’s answer, kisses her head, and offers a boon from
the merit she has gained by long rites and toil.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:15
text: Sítá answers that all has been done and nothing remains for her to wish.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
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name_or_label: Ráma
description: Noble prince, son of Raghu, husband of Sítá, traveling in the forest
with Sítá and Lakshmaṇ.
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- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sítá
description: Videhan or Maithil princess and spouse of Ráma; approaches Anasúyá
and speaks on wifely duty.
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- role:2
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- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
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name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
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- ev:1
- ev:2
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name_or_label: Atri
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evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Anasúyá
description: Atri’s aged, blameless, venerable wife; an ascetic votaress who instructs
Sítá and offers a boon from accumulated merit.
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evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Faithful Bharat, remembered by Ráma as having met him at the lonely
spot and camped there with a host.
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- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Sávitrí
description: Named by Sítá as a good wife who obeyed her lord and became a high
saint in heaven.
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- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Rohiṇí
description: Named by Sítá as the Moon’s dear queen, a bright goddess in the sky,
never seen without her lord.
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evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
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label: forest-exiled noble prince and husband
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- fig:1
basis: Ráma leaves a forest dwelling with Sítá and Lakshmaṇ, is called a noble prince
and son of Raghu, and is described by Sítá as her husband.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:7
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label: faithful wife and Maithil princess
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- fig:2
basis: Sítá is identified as a Videhan or Maithil princess who renounced kin, state,
and wealth to follow Ráma and who affirms devotion to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: forest companion
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- fig:3
basis: Lakshmaṇ travels beside Ráma and Sítá and is welcomed at Atri’s retreat.
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- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: hermit host and introducer of Anasúyá
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- fig:4
basis: Atri receives Ráma as a dear guest, welcomes the party, and presents his
wife Anasúyá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: aged ascetic counselor and boon-giver
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- fig:5
basis: Anasúyá is described as an aged votaress of holy vows who teaches Sítá and
offers a blessing or boon from her merit.
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- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:9
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label: remembered brother or royal visitor
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- fig:6
basis: Ráma remembers meeting faithful Bharat at the lonely spot and recalls Bharat’s
host encamped there.
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- ev:1
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label: exemplary faithful wife in heaven
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- fig:7
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heaven.
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- ev:8
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label: celestial exemplary wife
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basis: Sítá names Rohiṇí as the Moon’s queen, a bright goddess never seen without
her lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
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label: forest retreat
literal_form: The lonely spot and Atri’s pure retreat in the woods.
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- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Gangá made to flow
literal_form: Gangá, ordered by Anasúyá to flow during drought relief.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: marriage fire
literal_form: The fire beside which Sítá stood when Ráma clasped her hand.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: suppliant hands and bowed head
literal_form: Sítá bows her head and raises suppliant hands before Anasúyá.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: accumulated merit as boon
literal_form: Anasúyá’s store of merit from long rites and toils, offered as a blessing
or boon.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: ascetic numbers of time
literal_form: Ten thousand years of penance, ten years of drought, and ten nights
made one.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Leaving the remembered camp site
summary: Ráma is troubled by memories of Bharat, his mother, and the encamped host,
and leaves the lonely spot with Sítá and Lakshmaṇ.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Arrival at Atri’s retreat
summary: Ráma reaches Atri’s pure retreat, pays reverence, and receives a fatherly
welcome along with Lakshmaṇ and Sítá.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Atri introduces Anasúyá
summary: Atri calls Anasúyá, describes her ascetic character and powers, and instructs
that she be honored as a mother.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Sítá approaches the elder votaress
summary: Ráma directs Sítá to approach Anasúyá; Sítá bows, gives her name, and raises
her hands in reverence.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Anasúyá’s teaching on fidelity
summary: Anasúyá praises Sítá’s renunciation and teaches that steadfast devotion
to a husband brings fame, merit, and heavenly reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Sítá’s answer and exempla
summary: Sítá affirms her devotion to Ráma, recalls family counsel and the marriage
fire, and cites Sávitrí, Rohiṇí, and other faithful wives.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Anasúyá offers a boon
summary: Pleased by Sítá’s words, Anasúyá kisses her head and offers a boon from
her accumulated merit; Sítá says she desires nothing further.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Departure from a grief-marked dwelling
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Ráma leaves a forest place because memories of Bharat’s visit and the encamped
host pain him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives a local relocation within exile, not the initial exile
departure.
- id: motif:2
label: Hermit hospitality to royal forest travelers
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Atri receives Ráma as a dear guest, welcomes Lakshmaṇ and Sítá, and treats
Ráma with fatherlike affection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference precisely names forest hospitality.
- id: motif:3
label: Ascetic power sustains nature and alters time
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Anasúyá’s penance is credited with producing roots and fruit during drought,
making Gangá flow, and making ten nights into one to aid the gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage reports the powers but does not narrate the events in detail.
- id: motif:4
label: Elder holy woman gives moral instruction
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Anasúyá instructs Sítá on duty, virtue, fame, merit, and heavenly reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The instruction concerns a specific domestic and marital ethic within
the passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Faithful spouse follows husband into wilderness
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- sacred_marriage
basis: Anasúyá praises Sítá for renouncing kin, state, and wealth to follow Ráma
into solitary woods, and Sítá affirms she would not leave her husband.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label sacred_marriage is approximate here; the passage emphasizes
marital fidelity rather than the marriage rite itself, though the marriage fire
is recalled.
- id: motif:6
label: Ascetic merit bestowed as boon
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Anasúyá says she has secured rich merit by rites and toils and offers to
bestow a blessing or grant Sítá a boon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage ends before any material gift is granted; Sítá initially declines
any wish.
- id: motif:7
label: Faithful wives attain heaven and glory
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Anasúyá teaches that devoted wives rise to heavenly mansions, and Sítá cites
Sávitrí, Rohiṇí, and other faithful wives as glorified examples.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference precisely matches exemplary faithful wives
and heavenly reward.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Sítá explicitly presents Sávitrí as an exemplar whose obedience to her husband
brought heavenly sanctity, placing Sávitrí in the same functional role of faithful-wife
model used to frame Sítá’s own conduct.
claim_level: same_function
target: Sávitrí as exemplary faithful wife
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage makes an exemplifying comparison but does not retell Sávitrí’s
story.
- id: claim:2
claim: Sítá explicitly presents Rohiṇí, the Moon’s queen, as another model of inseparable
conjugal fidelity, functioning as a celestial parallel to the faithful-wife ideal.
claim_level: same_function
target: Rohiṇí as celestial faithful wife
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is brief and limited to Rohiṇí’s constant association
with her lord.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 25822-25834
quote_or_summary: Ráma dislikes the lonely spot because it recalls faithful Bharat,
the townsmen, his mother, and Bharat’s host with horses and elephants; he leaves
with Sítá and Lakshmaṇ to seek another home.
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 25835-25843
quote_or_summary: Ráma comes to Atri’s pure retreat, reveres the saint, and is entertained
with fatherlike welcome; Lakshmaṇ and Sítá are also duly honored.
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 25844-25856
quote_or_summary: Atri calls Anasúyá, his blameless venerable wife devoted to holy
vows, and asks that Sítá be received with friendly grace.
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 25857-25873
quote_or_summary: Atri says Anasúyá spent ten thousand years in severe penance,
caused roots and fruit to grow during a ten-year drought, made Gangá flow, freed
saints from cares, and made ten nights one for the gods.
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 25874-25896
quote_or_summary: Ráma tells Sítá to approach Anasúyá for blessing; Sítá approaches
the old, frail devotee, bows her head, identifies herself, and raises suppliant
hands.
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 25897-25936
quote_or_summary: Anasúyá praises Sítá’s virtue in renouncing kin, state, and wealth
to follow Ráma into the woods, and teaches that devoted wives gain heaven, fame,
and merit, while unfaithful women lose virtue and reputation.
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 25937-25975
quote_or_summary: Sítá says she knows the duties of a wife, would never leave her
husband, praises Ráma’s virtues, recalls counsel from mothers, and remembers standing
by the fire when Ráma clasped her hand.
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 25976-25986
quote_or_summary: Sítá names Sávitrí, who obeyed her lord and became a high saint
in heaven, Rohiṇí, the Moon’s queen never seen without her lord, and other faithful
wives glorified for pure love.
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 25987-25995
quote_or_summary: Anasúyá is delighted, kisses Sítá’s head, offers a blessing or
boon from merit gained through long rites and toil, and Sítá answers that nothing
remains to wish for.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Some line ranges are approximate
subdivisions of the supplied canonical range; motif taxonomy mappings are cautious
where available labels are broader than the passage details.
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 sources used. Comparison claims are limited to comparisons explicitly made in Sítá’s speech.
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