batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l36583-l36740
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l36583-l36740
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved.
/ Canto LXX. Kabandha.; lines 36583-36740
start: '36583'
end: '36740'
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: Kabandha ascends after regaining a radiant form and directs Rama toward
Sugriva. Rama and Lakshman travel to Pampa and meet the aged devotee Savari, who
receives them with hospitality. Savari recounts the promise of her former saintly
masters that Rama would visit her and that she would then attain blessed worlds.
She shows Rama the sacred grove, altar, lakes, garments, and unfading flowers
associated with those ascetics. With Rama's permission, she casts off her mortal
body in fire and rises heavenward in celestial form.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Kabandha regains a shining, spotless form and departs on a heavenward journey.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Kabandha instructs Rama from the air to go to Sugriva and win his friendship.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Rama and Lakshman travel through the wood toward Pampa and rest at night on
a wooded mountain height.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Savari meets the brothers with raised hands, bows, presses their feet, and
offers water for drinking and washing.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Rama asks Savari about her ascetic discipline, vows, peace of mind, and reverence
for her teachers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Savari says that meeting Rama completes the fruit of her penance, service,
birth, toil, and vows.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Savari reports that former saints had foretold Rama and Lakshman's visit and
instructed her to honor them as guests.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Savari has gathered many kinds of forest fruits for Rama from trees around
Pampa.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Savari shows Rama and Lakshman Matanga's wood, including an altar, lakes,
bark mantles on trees, and flowers that remain fresh.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Savari asks permission to cast away her mortal shell and join the saints she
served.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: After Rama gives permission, Savari enters the flame, leaves her body, and
rises to heaven in celestial adornment.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rama
description: A son of Raghu and prince who travels with Lakshman, receives Savari's
hospitality, hears her account, and grants permission for her departure.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Rama's brother, traveling with him to Pampa and present at Savari's
hermitage.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Kabandha
description: A being who regains a radiant form, ascends heavenward, and advises
Rama to seek Sugriva's friendship.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Savari
description: An aged votaress and devotee who honors Rama and Lakshman, recounts
her masters' prophecy, shows them the sacred grove, and ascends after entering
flame.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Savari's saintly masters
description: Ascetic saints formerly served by Savari, associated with Matanga's
wood and said to have gone to heavenly mansions in dazzling chariots.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sugriva
description: A figure whom Kabandha tells Rama to approach and befriend.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: wandering prince-brother
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: The passage presents Rama and Lakshman as brothers moving through the wood
toward Pampa.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: heavenward guide
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Kabandha, after regaining his form, speaks from the air and directs Rama
toward Sugriva.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: ascetic hostess
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Savari receives the brothers reverently and offers water and hospitality.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: devotee and ascetic lineage servant
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: Savari served saintly masters, maintains their memory, and seeks to join
them after death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: honored guest and granter of permission
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Savari honors Rama as a guest, and Rama permits her to depart to the realm
she desires.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: transformed ascender
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Kabandha wins a spotless radiant form and travels heavenward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: liberated ascender
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Savari leaves her body through flame and rises to heaven in celestial form.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire of offering and transformation
literal_form: holy fire, altar light, and the flame into which Savari resigns her
body
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: sym:2
label: water of hospitality and sanctified landscape
literal_form: water offered to cool lips and wash feet, and seven lakes drawn near
by ascetic power
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: trees of hermitage and nourishment
literal_form: fruit-bearing trees near Pampa and trees holding bark mantles
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: mountain resting place
literal_form: wooded mountain height where the brothers rest before reaching Pampa
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: unfading worship flowers
literal_form: bright-hued flowers used by the saints in worship and said not to
fade
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: celestial adornment
literal_form: heavenly garments, immortal wreaths, and celestial gems on Savari
after ascent
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Kabandha's radiant departure and counsel
summary: Kabandha regains a sunlike form, departs heavenward, and tells Rama to
seek Sugriva's friendship.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Journey to Pampa
summary: Rama and Lakshman travel through the wood, rest on a wooded mountain height,
and arrive near Savari's home by Pampa.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Savari receives the guests
summary: Savari approaches the brothers reverently, bows, presses their feet, and
gives water for drinking and washing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Savari recounts prophecy and prepared offerings
summary: Savari tells Rama that her ascetic reward is complete in seeing him, repeats
the saints' prophecy of his visit, and says she has stored fruits for him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Tour of Matanga's sacred grove
summary: Savari leads the brothers through Matanga's wood and identifies the altar,
lakes, bark garments, and unfading flowers associated with her saintly masters.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Savari casts off the mortal shell
summary: Savari asks Rama's permission to leave her body and join the saints; after
he consents, she enters flame and rises to a heavenly realm in celestial form.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: heavenward ascent after transformation
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Kabandha regains a radiant form and goes heavenward; Savari later rises to
heaven after leaving her body in flame.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The two ascents occur in different narrative contexts within the passage.
- id: motif:2
label: casting off the mortal body through fire
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
- resurrection
basis: Savari asks to cast away her mortal shell, enters the flame, and appears
in heavenly garments before attaining a blessed sphere.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes ascent and transformation after death; it does not
describe return to earthly life.
- id: motif:3
label: honored divine or royal guest completes ascetic vow
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Savari honors Rama and Lakshman with hospitality, says meeting Rama completes
her penance and service, and receives Rama's consent to depart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly call the hospitality an exchange, but
it links service to spiritual fulfillment.
- id: motif:4
label: prophetic promise of a destined visitor
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: Savari reports that departing saints foretold Rama's visit and instructed
her to honor him when he came.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The prophecy concerns a meeting rather than a full quest structure within
this excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: sacred hermitage landscape preserves ascetic power
taxonomy_refs:
- world_center
basis: Matanga's wood contains an altar kept bright, lakes moved by thought, wet
bark garments, and unfading flowers through the power of ascetics.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: low
cautions: The passage marks the place as holy, but does not explicitly identify
it as a cosmic center.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Savari's departure through flame followed by heavenly ascent can be cautiously
compared at the motif-family level to ascent and death-transformation patterns.
claim_level: same_motif
target: ascent; death_rebirth
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage does not narrate a return from death; the comparison should
remain limited to transformation and upward passage.
- id: claim:2
claim: The hospitality given to Rama and Lakshman functions like a sacred guest-reception
pattern in which honoring the visitor completes the devotee's religious aim.
claim_level: same_function
target: sacred_exchange
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage frames the event as devotion and fulfillment rather than
a formal exchange contract.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 36583-36591
quote_or_summary: Kabandha regains a spotless sunlike form, departs heavenward,
and tells Rama from the air to seek Sugriva's friendship.
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 36592-36606
quote_or_summary: Rama and Lakshman follow Kabandha's counsel, travel east toward
Pampa through wooded mountain terrain, rest for the night, and reach the area
of Savari's home.
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 36607-36616
quote_or_summary: Savari comes to meet the sons of Raghu, raises her hands, bows,
presses their feet, and gives water for lips and feet.
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 36617-36628
quote_or_summary: Rama asks whether Savari's peace, holy works, food discipline,
conquered anger, vows, mental peace, and reverence for her teachers are maintained.
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 36629-36643
quote_or_summary: Savari replies that seeing Rama completes the reward of her penance,
birth, service, toil, and vows, and that heaven now awaits her.
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 36644-36660
quote_or_summary: Savari recounts how her saints departed in dazzling chariots and
foretold that Rama and Lakshman would visit her grove and that she should honor
them as guests.
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 36661-36667
quote_or_summary: Savari says that fruits of every sort from the woods and from
trees on Pampa's shore are stored in her dwelling for 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 36668-36686
quote_or_summary: At Rama's request, Savari leads the brothers through the wood
and identifies Matanga's grove, where aged saints made offerings at the western
altar and where ascetic power keeps the altar bright.
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 36687-36706
quote_or_summary: Savari shows seven lakes drawn near by thought, bark mantles hanging
wet on trees, and flowers used in worship that remain fresh and unfaded through
hermit power.
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 36707-36720
quote_or_summary: After showing the grove, Savari asks Rama to let her cast away
her mortal shell and dwell with the saints she had served.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 36721-36740
quote_or_summary: Rama consents; Savari, dressed as a hermit, resigns her body to
the flame, rises to heaven in celestial garments, wreaths, and gems, and attains
the holy sphere of pure saints.
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 English passage. Line subranges
are approximate divisions within the provided stable range and should be checked
against the source file.
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 or unprovided traditions were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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