batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l63550-l63687
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l63550-l63687
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII.
426.; lines 63550-63687
start: '63550'
end: '63687'
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: 'The passage contains editorial and explanatory notes: references to ancient
poetry linking nature with human emotion; the southern region as Yama''s abode
for departed spirits; the body''s five elements; Bharat''s self-imprecating oath
to prove innocence in Rama''s banishment; ritual or customary details including
right-to-left walking, an Indra standard on a tree or high staff, the dignity
of Śatakratu gained through a hundred horse sacrifices, burning army huts after
a march, and a remote northern happy land without death, fear, or decline.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: An editorial quotation states that ancient poetry often associates nature
with human joys and sorrows.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The southern region is described as the abode of Yama and of departed spirits.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The body is described as consisting of five elements and returning to them.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Bharat is said to invoke curses on his own head to prove innocence regarding
Rama's banishment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Walking from right to left is noted as a distinct action.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: A structure in honor of Indra is said to be erected on a tree or high staff.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The title Śatakratu is explained as 'Lord of a hundred sacrifices', connected
with performing a hundred horse sacrifices.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: When an army marched, it was customary to burn the huts in which it had spent
the night.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: A remote northern happy land is described where inhabitants have complete
happiness without exertion and lack vicissitude, decrepitude, death, and fear.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Yama
description: Named as the deity whose abode is in the southern region, glossed by
the translator as the Indian Pluto.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Departed spirits
description: The dead spirits said to dwell in the southern region.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Bharat
description: Said to invoke curses on himself to prove his innocence in Rama's banishment.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Rama
description: The person whose banishment Bharat denies sharing in.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Indra
description: A deity in whose honor a structure is erected on a tree or high staff.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Inhabitants of the remote northern happy land
description: People described as enjoying complete happiness without exertion and
lacking death, fear, decrepitude, or change.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: afterlife-abode deity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Yama is associated with the southern region as abode of departed spirits.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: departed dead
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Departed spirits are named as inhabitants of the southern region.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: self-imprecating oath speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Bharat invokes curses on his own head to prove innocence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: banished person
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Rama is the person whose banishment is mentioned in Bharat's oath context.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: honored deity
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: A tree or high staff structure is erected in honor of Indra.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: deathless happy-land inhabitants
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The inhabitants of the northern land are described as free from death, fear,
and decline.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: southern region as abode of the dead
literal_form: southern region
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: five elements of the body
literal_form: five elements
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: right-to-left walking
literal_form: walking from right to left
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Indra structure on tree or high staff
literal_form: tree or high staff
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
- sacred_tree_axis
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: hundred horse sacrifices
literal_form: hundred Aśvamedhas or sacrifices of a horse
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: remote northern happy land
literal_form: happy land in the remote north
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Southern abode of Yama and the dead
summary: An explanatory note identifies the southern region as the dwelling place
of Yama and departed spirits.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Body returns to elements
summary: An explanatory note states that the body consists of five elements and
returns to those elements.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Bharat's oath of innocence
summary: Bharat is explained as calling curses upon himself to demonstrate that
he had no part in banishing Rama.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Indra standard or structure
summary: A note explains an object erected on a tree or high staff in honor of Indra.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Śatakratu and horse sacrifices
summary: A note explains Śatakratu as a dignity gained through performing a hundred
horse sacrifices.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Army huts burned after departure
summary: A note describes the custom of burning huts in which an army had spent
the night when the army marched.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Remote northern happy land
summary: A quoted explanatory note describes a northern land of effortless happiness
without death, fear, decrepitude, or moral inequality.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Southern abode of the dead under Yama
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage explicitly assigns Yama and departed spirits to the southern
region.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is an editorial note rather than a narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Body dissolving back into elemental constituents
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that the body consists of five elements and returns to
them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The note gives a doctrinal explanation but does not narrate a death or
rebirth event.
- id: motif:3
label: Self-imprecation to prove innocence
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Bharat's curses are described as being invoked on his own head to prove innocence
in Rama's banishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage summarizes the intention of the curses but does not include
their full wording.
- id: motif:4
label: Sacral honorific gained by repeated horse sacrifice
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The passage explains Śatakratu as a dignity obtained by performing a hundred
Aśvamedha horse sacrifices.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: This is an explanatory note about a title, not a full sacrificial scene.
- id: motif:5
label: Sacred structure raised on tree or high staff for Indra
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_tree_axis
basis: The passage describes something erected upon a tree or high staff in honor
of Indra.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The precise object is not described in this line range; the axis/tree
interpretation should be reviewed.
- id: motif:6
label: Deathless remote northern happy land
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage describes a remote northern land with complete happiness, no
decrepitude, no death, no fear, and no change through the Yugas.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The description is a cited explanatory note and is not tied here to a
specific narrative journey.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly compares Yama functionally with Pluto by glossing
him as the 'Indian Pluto'.
claim_level: same_function
target: Pluto as classical underworld deity
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is made by the translator/editor in a note, not by the
Sanskrit narrative itself; it should not be taken as evidence of historical contact.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 63550-63687; epigraph after ILIAD. XVII. 426
quote_or_summary: "“Ancient poesy frequently associated nature with the joys and
sorrows of man.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 63550-63687; note 335
quote_or_summary: "“The southern region is the abode of Yama the Indian Pluto, and
of departed spirits.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 63550-63687; note 336
quote_or_summary: "“The five elements of which the body consists, and to which it
returns.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 63550-63687; note 351
quote_or_summary: Bharat invokes curses on his own head to prove he had no share
in banishing Rama.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 63550-63687; note 353
quote_or_summary: "“Walking from right to left.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 63550-63687; note 355
quote_or_summary: "“Erected upon a tree or high staff in honour of Indra.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 63550-63687; note 359
quote_or_summary: Śatakratu is explained as Lord of a hundred sacrifices, a dignity
gained through performing a hundred Aśvamedha horse sacrifices.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 63550-63687; note 364
quote_or_summary: "“When an army marched it was customary to burn the huts in which
it had spent the night.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 63550-63687; note 366
quote_or_summary: A remote northern happy land is described where inhabitants enjoy
effortless happiness, without vicissitude, decrepitude, death, fear, moral inequality,
or change through the four Yugas.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The line range is largely editorial notes rather than continuous narrative,
so motifs are extracted from explanatory statements and should be reviewed against
the associated cantos.
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 figures, symbols, or comparisons were added beyond what is supported by the provided passage and metadata.
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