batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l26143-l26234
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l26143-l26234
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto CIX. The Praises Of Truth. / Canto CXI. Counsel To Bharat. / Canto
CXII. The Sandals. / Canto CXIX. The Forest.; lines 26143-26234
start: '26143'
end: '26234'
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: At evening in the hermitage, Anasúyá praises Sítá’s tale and asks her to
put on heavenly garments. Sítá appears adorned with divine robes, ornaments, and
a celestial garland given by the saintly matron, then rejoins Ráma and Lakshmaṇ.
After spending the sacred night among sages, the princes take leave. The hermits
warn them of fierce monsters in the distant forest who eat human flesh and assume
various forms, and ask Ráma to chase or destroy them. Ráma, Sítá, and Lakshmaṇ
enter the mighty wood.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Anasúyá embraces Sítá after hearing her tale and praises its sweetness.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The hermitage is described at nightfall with returning birds, hermits carrying
pitchers after bathing, worship fires, smoke, prowling beasts, tame deer near
altars, stars, and the moon.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Anasúyá asks Sítá to put on heavenly raiment before going to her lord.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Sítá shines like a heavenly goddess in the raiment, bows to the matron’s feet,
and goes to meet Ráma.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Sítá tells Ráma that the saintly dame gave her a celestial garland, ornaments,
and divine robes as tokens of affection.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Ráma and Lakshmaṇ are pleased and proud because Sítá has received rare honours.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The party spends the night in the hermitage, honored by pious sages.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: In the morning the princes bid farewell to the hermits.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The saints warn that fierce monsters dwell around the distant forest, feed
on human blood and flesh, and assume various forms.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The saints ask Ráma to chase or destroy the monsters who attack holy saints.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The saints indicate a path used by hermits to fetch fruits and say the prince’s
feet should go through the pathless forests.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Ráma leaves the holy crowd with his wife and brother and enters the mighty
wood.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Anasúyá
description: A virtuous-souled matron who receives Sítá, praises her tale, asks
her to array herself, and gives her divine adornments.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sítá
description: The lady who tells Anasúyá a tale, receives heavenly raiment and ornaments,
bows to the matron, and rejoins Ráma.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Ráma
description: The hero prince and Sítá’s lord, who receives her after she is adorned
and later enters the forest with Sítá and Lakshmaṇ.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: Ráma’s brother, present with Ráma and Sítá and sharing in joy over
Sítá’s honours.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Hermits or saints of the hermitage
description: Pious sages who tend fires, perform rites, honor Ráma, and warn the
princes about monsters in the forest.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Fierce monsters
description: Beings said by the saints to dwell around the distant forest, feed
on human blood and flesh, assume various forms, and attack holy saints.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Tame deer
description: Deer that rest at ease near the altars in the evening hermitage.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: saintly matron
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Anasúyá is called virtuous-souled and saintly, and acts as an elder host
to Sítá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: giver of divine adornments
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says the saintly dame bestows celestial garland, ornaments, and
divine robes on Sítá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: honored wife
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sítá receives rare honours and returns adorned to her lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: recipient of sacred gifts
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sítá receives heavenly raiment, a celestial garland, ornaments, and divine
robes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: hero prince
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Ráma is called the hero prince and is addressed by the saints as the one
who should chase or destroy the monsters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: forest-entering leader
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He leaves the holy crowd with his wife and brother and goes into the mighty
wood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: brother companion
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Lakshmaṇ is present beside Ráma and shares his joy before the party enters
the wood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: ritual ascetics
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The hermits carry pitchers after bathing, tend worship fires, and perform
lustral rites and offerings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: warners and petitioners
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The saints warn the princes of forest monsters and ask Ráma to chase or destroy
them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: shapeshifting man-eaters
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The monsters are described as feeding on human blood and flesh and assuming
various forms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: worship fire
literal_form: fires of worship tended by saints, with smoke rising on the flames
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: heavenly raiment and divine ornaments
literal_form: heavenly raiment, a celestial garland, ornaments, and divine robes
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: forest path
literal_form: a path used by hermits to fetch fruits, leading through pathless forests
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: mighty wood
literal_form: the distant forest or mighty wood entered by Ráma with Sítá and Lakshmaṇ
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: altars with resting deer
literal_form: tame deer reclining near the altars
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Evening hermitage
summary: Night falls over the hermitage as birds return, hermits come from bathing,
worship fires smoke, beasts move in the dark, deer rest near altars, and the moon
rises.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Anasúyá adorns Sítá
summary: Anasúyá praises Sítá’s tale, asks her to put on heavenly raiment, and Sítá
appears adorned before returning to Ráma.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Honour in the hermitage
summary: Ráma and Lakshmaṇ rejoice in Sítá’s rare honours, and the party spends
a sacred night among pious sages.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Warning about forest monsters
summary: After morning rites, the saints tell the princes that fierce, form-changing
man-eating monsters trouble the distant forest and ask Ráma to chase or destroy
them.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Entry into the mighty wood
summary: Blessed by the saints’ prayers, Ráma leaves the hermitage with Sítá and
Lakshmaṇ and goes into the mighty forest.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: sacred exchange of divine adornments
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: A saintly matron gives Sítá heavenly clothing, a celestial garland, ornaments,
and divine robes as signs of affection and honour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents the gifts as affectionate honours rather than an
explicit ritual exchange.
- id: motif:2
label: departure from sacred refuge into dangerous forest
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: After a sacred night in the hermitage and blessings from the saints, Ráma,
Sítá, and Lakshmaṇ leave for the mighty wood where monsters dwell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The broader exile context is not supplied in this passage and is not inferred
here.
- id: motif:3
label: shapeshifting hostile beings in the wilderness
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: The saints say monsters in the distant forest feed on human blood and flesh
and assume various forms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage reports the monsters through the saints’ warning; no direct
encounter occurs within this excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: hero asked to protect ascetics from monsters
taxonomy_refs:
- culture_hero
basis: Hermits describe attacks on holy saints and ask Ráma to chase or destroy
the monsters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames Ráma as a hero prince and potential protector, but
the protective action is requested rather than completed here.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 26143-26164
quote_or_summary: Anasúyá embraces Sítá, praises her pleasant tale, notes the coming
night, and asks Sítá to array herself in heavenly raiment before going to her
lord.
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 26155-26188
quote_or_summary: The evening hermitage includes returning birds, hermits with pitchers
after bathing, worship fires and smoke, darkening trees, prowling beasts, tame
deer near altars, stars, and the bright moon.
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 26189-26208
quote_or_summary: Sítá shines in the raiment, bows to the matron’s feet, rejoins
Ráma, and reports that the saintly dame gave her a celestial garland, ornaments,
and divine robes.
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 26209-26218
quote_or_summary: Ráma and Lakshmaṇ are filled with pride and happiness at Sítá’s
rare honours, and the hero spends the sacred night in the hermitage honored by
pious sages.
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 26219-26224
quote_or_summary: When night has passed, the princes bid farewell to the hermits,
who have performed lustral rites and offerings.
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 26225-26248
quote_or_summary: The saints warn that fierce monsters around the distant forest
feed on human blood and flesh, assume various forms, attack holy saints, and should
be chased or destroyed by Ráma.
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 26249-26256
quote_or_summary: The saints identify the path used by hermits to fetch fruits and
say the prince should go that way through pathless forests.
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 26257-26264
quote_or_summary: Blessed by the saints’ prayers, Ráma leaves the holy crowd with
his wife and brother and enters the mighty wood.
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: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are conservative
mappings to the provided taxonomy; no external comparison claims are made.
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: |-
Line locators for evidence are approximate subdivisions within the supplied line range because the passage text was provided without per-line numbering.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l26143-l26234
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