batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l3295-l3463
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l3295-l3463
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XI. The Sacrifice Decreed. / Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto
XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. / Canto XV. The Nectar.; lines 3295-3463
start: '3295'
end: '3463'
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: Rishyaśring and Śántá depart toward the forest with royal escort and gifts.
Daśaratha and his queens bid Śántá farewell, blessing her and instructing her
in duties toward her husband and his father. Daśaratha reverently honors Rishyaśring
and returns home expecting promised sons from his queens. Rishyaśring and Śántá
then return to Champá, where Lomapád welcomes them. A Bráhman messenger informs
Rishyaśring’s father that the rites are over, the sacrificial steed has been slain,
and his son has returned. The father sets out to bring his son home and is honored
by villagers because of their ruler’s alliance with him.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Rishyaśring and Śántá leave with royal attendance, servants, gifts, animals,
and gems.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Śántá is described as willingly accepting a return from royal ease to a hermit’s
forest dwelling.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Daśaratha asks his queens to look upon Śántá for the last time for many days.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The queens embrace Śántá, weep, bless her, and invoke Wind, Fire, Moon, Earth,
Streams, and Sky to preserve her in the wood.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The queens instruct Śántá to respect her husband’s father and to keep constant
devotion to her husband.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Daśaratha walks reverently around Rishyaśring and places soldiers at the hermit’s
command.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Rishyaśring blesses Daśaratha’s rule and departs; Daśaratha returns home expecting
each queen to bear a promised son.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Rishyaśring reaches Champá, and Lomapád welcomes him with priests and nobles.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: A Bráhman messenger tells Rishyaśring’s father that the rites are completed,
the steed is slain, and the son has returned.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Rishyaśring’s father sets out with young disciples, and villagers honor him
with gifts of food because their ruler is allied with him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rishyaśring
description: A well-honoured sage, glorious hermit, and noble-minded holy child
who departs with Śántá and later returns to Champá.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Śántá
description: Daśaratha’s dear child and Rishyaśring’s wife, seated on a canopied
car and willing to go to the hermit’s forest dwelling.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: King Daśaratha
description: The monarch who escorts Rishyaśring and Śántá, bids farewell, honors
the hermit, and returns home expecting promised sons.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Kauśalyá, Sumitrá, and Kaikeyí
description: Daśaratha’s queens who embrace Śántá, weep, bless her, and instruct
her before departure.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Saint Vaśishṭha
description: A saint present with Daśaratha and the townspeople during the departure.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: King Lomapád
description: The king of Champá who welcomes Rishyaśring and Śántá with priests
and nobles and orders the town decorated.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Kaśyap’s son / Rishyaśring’s father
description: A mighty hermit and father of Rishyaśring who receives the message
that his son has returned and sets out to bring him to his cot.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Bráhman messenger
description: A Bráhman sent by the monarch to bow before Rishyaśring’s father and
deliver news of the completed rites and the son’s return.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Village multitude
description: Peasants from hamlets who run to honor the holy man with gifts of food
and bow before him.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: honoured sage or hermit
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rishyaśring is repeatedly called a sage, glorious hermit, and Bráhman.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: ritual officiant associated with completed rites
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The messenger says the father of Rishyaśring’s bride called his son to guide
the rites, now completed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: wife devoted to forest hermitage life
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Śántá follows her husband’s will to seek the forest and is addressed as a
true spouse devoted to her husband’s vows.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: royal daughter or kin departing from court
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Daśaratha calls Śántá his dear child, and the queens say farewell to her
as daughter and friend.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: king and patron of the sage
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Daśaratha escorts the hermit, honors him, places soldiers at his command,
and receives his blessing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: king awaiting promised heirs
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: After returning home, Daśaratha waits for each queen to bear her promised
son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: farewell speakers and blessers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The queens embrace Śántá, weep, speak soothing words, and invoke preserving
powers for her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: saint in royal entourage
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Vaśishṭha is named among those accompanying the king and town at the departure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:9
label: welcoming allied king
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Lomapád goes forth with priests and nobles, greets Rishyaśring, and has the
town decorated.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: father hermit seeking his son
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: After hearing the message, Rishyaśring’s father desires to go to the city
and bring his son to his cot.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: royal messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Bráhman is ordered to go to Kaśyap’s son, bow, and deliver the king’s
message.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:12
label: honoring subjects
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The villagers bring food, bow, and explain that they are obeying their ruler’s
order because he is allied with the hermit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: forest hermitage
literal_form: forest, hermit’s cot, woodland cell
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: royal gifts and offerings
literal_form: great gifts, sheep, goats, gems, and food gifts
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: protective natural powers
literal_form: Wind, Fire, Moon, Earth, Streams, and Sky invoked to preserve Śántá
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: reverent circling
literal_form: Daśaratha’s circling footsteps around the hermit
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: sacrificial steed
literal_form: the slain steed of the completed rites
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: promised royal sons
literal_form: sons expected from each queen after the rites
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Procession from the city toward the forest
summary: Rishyaśring and Śántá depart with Daśaratha, the royal entourage, servants,
gifts, animals, and gems; Śántá accepts the hermitage life without complaint.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Queens’ farewell to Śántá
summary: Daśaratha calls the queens to look on Śántá; they embrace her, weep, invoke
preserving powers, and instruct her in reverence toward her husband and his father.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Daśaratha honors Rishyaśring and returns home
summary: Daśaratha circumambulates Rishyaśring, assigns soldiers to him, receives
his blessing, watches him depart, and returns to his city awaiting the promised
sons.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Return to Champá
summary: Rishyaśring and Śántá approach Champá, and Lomapád comes out with priests
and nobles to welcome them and honor their return.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Message to Rishyaśring’s father
summary: A Bráhman messenger bows before Rishyaśring’s father and reports that the
rites are over, the steed has been slain, and Rishyaśring has returned.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Father hermit honored on the road
summary: Rishyaśring’s father sets out with disciples to recover his son, and villagers
honor him with food and obeisance because of their ruler’s alliance.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
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- id: motif:1
label: departure from royal household to forest hermitage
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Śántá leaves the royal setting with Rishyaśring for the forest hermit’s dwelling,
and her family marks the departure with farewell and weeping.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents a social and religious departure rather than a heroic
exile or quest departure.
- id: motif:2
label: completed horse sacrifice or royal rite
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The messenger explicitly reports that the rites are over and the steed is
slain, and Rishyaśring had been called to guide the rites.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage reports the completion rather than narrating the ritual performance
in detail.
- id: motif:3
label: ritual expectation of royal heirs
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
- sacred_birth
basis: Daśaratha returns home expecting each queen to bear her promised son, linking
the completed rites and royal lineage expectation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The sons are only anticipated in this passage; their births and any miraculous
details are not narrated here.
- id: motif:4
label: sacred exchange of honor, gifts, and ritual service
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The passage repeatedly depicts gifts, royal honor, reciprocal blessings,
messenger reverence, and villagers’ food offerings around the sage and the royal
alliance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange pattern is inferred from repeated social-religious acts;
no explicit doctrine of exchange is stated.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 3295-3330
quote_or_summary: Rishyaśring and Śántá depart with Daśaratha’s escort; Śántá rides
in a canopied car with gifts, animals, and gems, and willingly accepts the forest
hermitage.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 3331-3372
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha asks Kauśalyá, Sumitrá, and Kaikeyí to look upon Śántá;
the queens embrace her, weep, invoke Wind, Fire, Moon, Earth, Streams, and Sky,
and instruct her in devotion and respect.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 3373-3400
quote_or_summary: Daśaratha reverently circles Rishyaśring, assigns soldiers to
him, receives the hermit’s blessing, watches him depart, and returns home expecting
his queens to bear promised sons.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 3401-3428
quote_or_summary: Rishyaśring reaches Champá, where Lomapád welcomes him with priests
and nobles, orders the town decked, and receives him into the royal city.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 3429-3448
quote_or_summary: "“Those rites are o’er, the steed is slain; / Thy noble child
is come again.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 3449-3463
quote_or_summary: Rishyaśring’s father is moved to seek the king’s city and bring
his son to his cot; villagers honor him with food and explain that their ruler
is allied with him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The main passage content is clear, but the supplied label references additional
cantos not represented in the provided excerpt. Motif candidates are limited to
what this excerpt itself states or directly implies.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not support a specific cross-textual comparison beyond internal epic figures and ritual patterns.
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