batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l3465-l3507
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l3465-l3507
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 3465-3507
start: '3465'
end: '3507'
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: A saintly hermit receives pleasing words and blesses the king, ministers,
and town. Servants report the good news to the king, who comes with a guest-gift,
bows, and asks forgiveness for having enticed the saint's son away. The Brahman
reassures him. The saint is honored in procession, greeted by a reverent crowd,
and shown Śántá as his son's bride. He embraces her as his daughter; she bows
with joined palms. The saint performs a rite for his son that removes stain and
departs with him to the wood.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The saintly hermit hears pleasing words and gives a benediction to the king,
ministers, and town.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Servants hasten to tell the king news intended to cheer him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The king comes to meet the saint with a guest-gift, bows before him, and speaks
supplicatingly.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The king asks the saint not to be angry because he had enticed the saint's
son away.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The Brahman tells the king not to fear and says the king's virtues have won
his favor.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The saint is placed in front, the king follows, and they enter the king's
abode amid acclaim.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: A reverent crowd greets the sage with raised suppliant hands and bows.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Palace women accompany well-dressed Śántá and identify her to the saint as
his son's bride.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The saint embraces Śántá as a daughter, and she bows before him with palms
joined.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The saint performs a legally prescribed rite for his son that frees from stain,
then departs with him to the wood.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: saintly hermit / best of Bráhmans / sage
description: A holy Brahman and hermit who gives a benediction, receives honor,
forgives the king, embraces Śántá, performs a rite for his son, and departs to
the wood.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: king / monarch / great lord of kings
description: The ruler who receives the saint's blessing, comes with a guest-gift,
bows, apologizes for enticing the saint's son away, and follows the saint into
his abode.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: servants
description: Servants who quickly inform the king of the joyful news.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: reverent crowd
description: A crowd that greets the sage with raised suppliant hands and bows humbly.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: palace women
description: Women from the palace who follow well-dressed Śántá and present her
to the saint.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Śántá
description: A well-dressed woman identified as the saint's son's bride; she is
embraced by the saint as a daughter and bows with joined palms.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: the saint's son
description: The saint's son, whom the king says he enticed away; the saint performs
a rite for him and departs with him to the wood.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: holy elder and ritual officiant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage calls him a saintly hermit, Brahman, and sage; he gives a blessing
and performs a rite that frees from stain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: supplicant king and host
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The king comes with a guest-gift, bows, asks the saint not to be angry, and
brings him into his abode.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: messenger or attendant group
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
basis: Servants convey news to the king; palace women accompany and present Śántá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: reverent public witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The crowd greets the sage with raised hands and bows.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: father or father-in-law figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The saint's son is named as Śántá's bridegroom, and the saint embraces her
with a father's rapture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: bride and respectful daughter figure
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Śántá is called the saint's son's bride and bows before the saint after his
embrace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: son requiring ritual purification
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The saint performs a rite for his son described as freeing from stain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: guest-gift
literal_form: Gift brought by the king when meeting the saint.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: benediction
literal_form: Blessing poured by the hermit upon the king, ministers, and town.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: suppliant joined or raised hands
literal_form: Raised suppliant hands of the crowd and Śántá's palm-to-palm gesture
while standing by the saint.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: embrace of acceptance
literal_form: The saint's arms around Śántá, pressing her to his breast.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: rite that frees from stain
literal_form: A prescribed rite performed by the saint for his son.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: wood
literal_form: The wood to which the saint departs with his son.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Benediction and report to the king
summary: The hermit is pleased by words he hears and blesses the king, ministers,
and town; servants carry the joyful news to the king.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: King's apology and saint's reassurance
summary: The king comes with a guest-gift, bows, asks pardon for enticing the saint's
son away, and receives reassurance that the saint favors him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Honored entry and public reverence
summary: The saint is placed first, the king follows, and they enter the abode amid
acclaim while the crowd bows with suppliant hands.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Śántá presented and accepted
summary: Palace women present Śántá as the saint's son's bride; the saint embraces
her as a daughter, and she bows before him with joined palms.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Purifying rite and departure to the wood
summary: The saint performs the prescribed rite for his son that frees from stain
and then departs with him to the wood.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: honored holy guest reconciled with a king
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The king offers a guest-gift and apology; the saint blesses, accepts honor,
and grants reassurance of favor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly define the exchange as a formal covenant
or contract; the taxonomy reference is approximate.
- id: motif:2
label: ritual removal of stain
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: The saint performs a rite for his son described as one that frees from stain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The precise ritual identity is not specified in the excerpt; mapping to
initiation is tentative.
- id: motif:3
label: bride accepted into sacred family by elder's embrace
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: Śántá is presented as the saint's son's bride, embraced by the saint as a
daughter, and bows before him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: low
cautions: The excerpt shows familial recognition of a bride, not a full sacred marriage
narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 3465-3468
quote_or_summary: The saintly hermit hears pleasant words and pours a benediction
on the king, ministers, and town.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 3469-3472
quote_or_summary: Servants hasten to tell the king the joyful tidings.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 3473-3476
quote_or_summary: The king goes to meet the saint, brings a guest-gift, bows, and
beseeches him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 3477-3480
quote_or_summary: The king says he has not lived in vain by seeing the saint and
asks him not to be angry because he “wiled thy son away.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 3481-3485
quote_or_summary: The Brahman tells the king not to fear and says the king's virtues
have won his favor.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 3486-3489
quote_or_summary: The saint is placed in front, the king comes next, and they enter
the abode amid glad acclaim.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 3490-3491
quote_or_summary: The crowd greets the sage with suppliant raised hands and humble
bows.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 3492-3495
quote_or_summary: Palace women follow well-dressed Śántá and present her as the
saint's son's bride.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 3496-3503
quote_or_summary: The saint embraces Śántá with a father's rapture; she bows low
and stands by his side with palms joined.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 3504-3507
quote_or_summary: The saint performs for his son the prescribed rite that frees
from stain and then departs with him to the wood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the excerpt. Motif labels are
tentative because the passage is brief and appears to be part of a larger sacrificial
narrative not included in the provided text.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage text and metadata were used; no external Ramayana context was added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l3465-l3507
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