batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l57898-l57933
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l57898-l57933
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57898-57933
start: '57898'
end: '57933'
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: Lakshman interrupts Rama's interview with Time to report Durvasas's message,
accepting that death will result. Rama abandons Lakshman, who goes to the Sarayu,
suppresses his senses, and is conveyed bodily to heaven by Indra. Rama then undertakes
a great departure with his brothers, subjects, divine powers, sacred forms, and
attendants; at the Sarayu, Brahma and the gods appear. Rama enters the waters,
is addressed as Vishnu, enters the glory of Vishnu with his followers, and secures
a celestial abode for the devoted people who accompanied him.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Lakshman enters the palace to report the rishi's message to Rama, though he
knows that interrupting Rama's interview with Time will cause his own death.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Rama is distressed by Time's requirement that Lakshman should die.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Lakshman urges Rama not to grieve and to abandon him rather than break his
promise.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Rama abandons Lakshman after the counsellors concur with Lakshman's advice.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Lakshman goes to the river Sarayu, suppresses all his senses, and is conveyed
bodily by Indra to heaven.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The gods are delighted by the arrival of the fourth part of Vishnu.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Rama resolves to install Bharata as successor and to retire to the forest
and follow Lakshman.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Bharata refuses the succession and decides to accompany Rama; the subjects
and Shatrughna also resolve to follow Rama.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Rama sets out from his capital in a procession described as appropriate to
the great departure.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: In the procession, Sri is on Rama's right, the goddess Earth on his left,
Energy in front, and Rama's weapons attend in human shapes.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The Vedas appear in the forms of Brahmans, along with the Gayatri, the Omkara,
the Vashatkara, rishis, women, servants, Brahmans bearing the sacred fire, the
people, and animals.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: At the banks of the Sarayu, Brahma appears with the gods and innumerable celestial
cars; the sky becomes refulgent, fragrant breezes blow, and flowers fall.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Rama enters the waters of the Sarayu.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: Brahma's voice from the sky addresses Rama as Vishnu and tells him to enter
his own body as Vishnu or the eternal ether.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: Rama enters the glory of Vishnu with his body and followers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:16
text: Rama asks Brahma to find an abode for the devoted people who accompanied him,
and Brahma appoints a celestial residence for them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Rama's kinsman who interrupts the interview, accepts abandonment, goes
to the Sarayu, suppresses his senses, and is conveyed bodily to heaven.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Rama / Raghava / Vishnu
description: The central figure who is bound by Time's words, abandons Lakshman,
undertakes the great departure, enters the Sarayu, and enters the glory of Vishnu.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Durvasas
description: The rishi whose message Lakshman reports and who receives the food
he wished before departing.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Time
description: Figure whose words require that Lakshman should die after the interrupted
interview with Rama.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Indra
description: Divine figure who conveys Lakshman bodily to heaven.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Gods
description: Divine beings delighted by Lakshman's arrival and later appearing with
Brahma at the Sarayu.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Bharata
description: Rama's brother who refuses the succession and determines to accompany
Rama.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Shatrughna
description: Rama's other brother who resolves to accompany Rama.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Rama's subjects and followers
description: The people of the country, attendants, families, servants, and others
who follow Rama to the Sarayu and receive an appointed celestial residence.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Sri
description: A divine female figure positioned on Rama's right during the great
departure procession.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Goddess Earth
description: A divine female figure positioned on Rama's left during the great departure
procession.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Energy
description: A personified power placed in front of Rama during the great departure
procession.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Rama's weapons in human shapes
description: Rama's weapons attend him in anthropomorphic forms during the departure
procession.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Vedas and sacred utterances
description: The Vedas appear in the forms of Brahmans, accompanied by the Gayatri,
Omkara, and Vashatkara.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Brahma
description: The deity who appears at the Sarayu, speaks from the sky to Rama as
Vishnu, and appoints a celestial residence for Rama's followers.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Maya
description: Named in Brahma's speech as Vishnu's primeval spouse who comprehends
him.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: kinsman accepting fatal consequence
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Lakshman knowingly interrupts the interview whose interruption entails his
death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: bodily ascender to heaven
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Lakshman suppresses his senses and is conveyed bodily by Indra to heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: promise-bound ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Rama is distressed by Time's words and abandons Lakshman rather than break
his promise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: leader of great departure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Rama sets out from the capital in a procession appropriate to the great departure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: identified with Vishnu
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Brahma addresses Rama as Vishnu and Rama enters the glory of Vishnu.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: rishi whose demand prompts interruption
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Lakshman reports the rishi's message, and Durvasas receives the food he wished.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: speaker of fatal condition
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Time's words require that Lakshman should die after the interrupted interview.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: divine conveyor
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Indra conveys Lakshman bodily to heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: divine witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The gods rejoice at Lakshman's arrival and appear with Brahma at the Sarayu.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: brother-follower refusing separation
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: Bharata refuses succession and follows Rama; Shatrughna also resolves to
accompany Rama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: devoted collective followers
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The subjects and people accompany Rama and receive a celestial residence
because of devotion to his person.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:12
label: personified divine attendants
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
basis: Sri, Earth, and Energy are positioned around Rama in the departure procession.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:13
label: sacred forms attending the ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:13
- fig:14
basis: Weapons appear in human shapes and the Vedas in Brahman forms during Rama's
procession.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:14
label: divine receiver and allocator of celestial abode
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Brahma receives Rama, speaks from the sky, and appoints the followers' celestial
residence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:15
label: primeval spouse named in divine speech
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Brahma's speech names Maya as Vishnu's primeval spouse who comprehends him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Sarayu waters
literal_form: river waters entered by Lakshman and later by Rama
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: sacred fire
literal_form: sacred fire borne by Brahmans in the procession
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: celestial cars
literal_form: innumerable celestial cars appearing with Brahma and the gods
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: flower shower
literal_form: a shower of flowers falling when Brahma and the gods appear
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: weapons in human shapes
literal_form: Rama's weapons attending him in human forms
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: sacred speech forms
literal_form: Vedas in Brahman forms, Gayatri, Omkara, and Vashatkara
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: celestial residence
literal_form: abode appointed by Brahma for Rama's devoted followers
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Fatal interruption and message
summary: Lakshman chooses to interrupt Rama's interview with Time in order to report
Durvasas's message, despite knowing that death will follow.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Abandonment of Lakshman
summary: Rama is distressed by Time's words, but Lakshman urges him to keep his
promise by abandoning him; the counsellors agree and Rama does so.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Lakshman at the Sarayu and bodily ascent
summary: Lakshman goes to the Sarayu, suppresses his senses, is conveyed bodily
to heaven by Indra, and is welcomed by the gods as the fourth part of Vishnu.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Resolution to follow Rama
summary: Rama plans succession and withdrawal, but Bharata refuses the throne; the
subjects and Shatrughna resolve to accompany Rama.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Procession of the great departure
summary: Rama leaves the capital in ritual procession, attended by personified divine
powers, anthropomorphic weapons, sacred texts and utterances, family, servants,
Brahmans with sacred fire, the people, and animals.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Divine manifestation at the Sarayu
summary: At the riverbank, Brahma appears with the gods and celestial cars; the
sky shines, fragrant breezes blow, and flowers fall.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:9
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Entry into Vishnu's glory and followers' abode
summary: Rama enters the Sarayu; Brahma addresses him as Vishnu and directs him
to enter his own body or the eternal ether. Rama enters Vishnu's glory with his
body and followers, then obtains a celestial residence for those who followed
him.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:9
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Great departure from the capital
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The passage explicitly describes Rama setting out in a procession with ceremonial
features appropriate to the great departure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is a prose summary of the episode and does not provide all
ritual details.
- id: motif:2
label: Self-sacrificial abandonment to preserve a vow
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Lakshman accepts the fatal consequence of interruption and urges Rama to
abandon him so that Rama will not break his promise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames the act as abandonment and promise-keeping rather than
as an explicit sacrificial rite.
- id: motif:3
label: Bodily ascent to heaven
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Lakshman suppresses his senses and is conveyed bodily by Indra to heaven,
where the gods rejoice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage says he is conveyed by Indra rather than describing a self-directed
ascent.
- id: motif:4
label: Return or entry into divine identity
taxonomy_refs:
- return
- annihilation_union
basis: Brahma addresses Rama as Vishnu and tells him to enter his own body as Vishnu
or the eternal ether; Rama enters the glory of Vishnu with his body and followers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy labels approximate the passage's language; the text emphasizes
divine identity and entry into Vishnu's glory, not a doctrinal explanation.
- id: motif:5
label: Devoted followers granted celestial abode
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Rama asks Brahma to provide an abode for those who accompanied him from devotion,
and Brahma appoints a celestial residence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states the destination but gives limited description of the
journey or residence.
- id: motif:6
label: Succession refused in favor of following the divine king
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Rama plans to install Bharata as successor, but Bharata refuses the succession
and chooses to accompany Rama; Shatrughna and the subjects also follow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif concerns succession and royal continuity, but the passage's
focus shifts quickly to collective departure.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The episode directly supports comparison with a departure motif because it
names and describes a ceremonial great departure from the capital.
claim_level: same_motif
target: departure motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The claim is limited to the provided passage and its explicit phrase
'great departure'; no external tradition is compared.
- id: claim:2
claim: Lakshman's bodily conveyance to heaven functions like an ascent motif within
this passage.
claim_level: same_function
target: ascent motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage describes divine conveyance by Indra rather than giving
a detailed ascent itinerary.
- id: claim:3
claim: Rama's entry into Vishnu's glory can be cautiously compared to a union-with-divinity
or return-to-divine-form pattern.
claim_level: same_function
target: annihilation_union and return motif families
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage identifies Rama with Vishnu and describes entry into Vishnu's
glory, but does not elaborate a philosophical account of union.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 57898-57902
quote_or_summary: Lakshman, knowing death will result from interrupting Rama's interview
with Time, enters the palace and reports the rishi's message to Rama.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 57902-57908
quote_or_summary: After Durvasas receives the food he wanted and departs, Rama grieves
over Time's words requiring Lakshman's death; Lakshman urges Rama to abandon him
and keep his promise, and the counsellors agree.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 57908-57911
quote_or_summary: Lakshman goes to the Sarayu, suppresses his senses, is conveyed
bodily by Indra to heaven, and the gods rejoice at the arrival of the fourth part
of Vishnu.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 57911-57918
quote_or_summary: Rama resolves to install Bharata and follow Lakshman; Bharata
refuses succession, subjects say they will follow Rama, and Shatrughna also resolves
to accompany him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 57918-57926
quote_or_summary: Rama sets out in a procession appropriate to the great departure,
attended by Sri, Earth, Energy, weapons in human shapes, Vedas in Brahman forms,
sacred utterances, rishis, women, servants, brothers, Brahmans with sacred fire,
people, and animals.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 57926-57929
quote_or_summary: At the Sarayu, Brahma appears with the gods and innumerable celestial
cars; the sky shines with divine splendor, fragrant breezes blow, and flowers
fall.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 57929-57932
quote_or_summary: Rama enters the Sarayu waters, and Brahma's voice from the sky
addresses him as Vishnu, telling him to enter his own body as Vishnu or the eternal
ether and naming Maya as his primeval spouse.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 57932-57933
quote_or_summary: Rama enters the glory of Vishnu with his body and followers, then
asks Brahma for an abode for the devoted people who accompanied him; Brahma appoints
a celestial residence.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from provided passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied English passage. Motif labels are
cautious where the passage uses theological or ritual language that does not exactly
match the available taxonomy terms.
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 unsupported comparisons were used.
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