batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l9607-l9641
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l9607-l9641
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto LXXII. The Gift Of Kine. / Canto LXXIII. The Nuptials. / Canto LXXV.
The Parle. / Canto LXXVI. Debarred From Heaven.; lines 9607-9641
start: '9607'
end: '9641'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: Then shone the son Kauśalyá bore, / With this bright dame allied, / Like
Vishṇu whom the Gods adore, / With Lakshmi by his side.
summary: Rama and Lakshman continue to honor their father. Rama is guided by his
father’s wish and the people’s good, pleases his mothers and holy guides, and
becomes dear to Dasaratha, Brahmans, and people. Rama lives in loving union with
his wife, Janak’s daughter, who is praised for beauty and virtue; the paired couple
is compared to Vishnu with Lakshmi.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Rama and Lakshman honor their godlike father with dutiful will.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Rama is described as guided by his father’s wish and the good of the people.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Rama tries to please his mothers with love and filial courtesies and does
not forget his holy guides.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Rama grows dearer to Dasaratha, Brahmans, and people in town and country because
of his virtues.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Rama lives beside his beloved wife through many blissful seasons, with his
thoughts centered on her.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Rama loves his wife because his father had given and approved her, and because
of her charms and virtues.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Rama and his wife are described as lord and second life, dwelling in each
other’s heart in double form.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The child of Janak’s race is described as increasingly beautiful, goddess-fair,
and the loveliest wife in mortal form.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Rama allied with his wife is compared to Vishnu with Lakshmi by his side.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rama
description: Son of Kausalya; dutiful son, beloved husband, and virtuous prince
in the passage.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Rama’s brother, named with Rama as honoring their father.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Dasaratha
description: Rama and Lakshman’s godlike father; Rama grows dear to him.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Rama’s wife, child of Janak’s race
description: Rama’s beloved wife, praised for beauty and virtue; described as goddess-fair
and likened in pairing to Lakshmi beside Vishnu.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Vishnu
description: 'Divine figure used in a comparison: Rama with his wife shines like
Vishnu with Lakshmi beside him.'
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lakshmi
description: 'Divine figure used in a comparison: Lakshmi is beside Vishnu in the
simile applied to Rama and his wife.'
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Rama’s mothers
description: Rama strives to please them with love and filial courtesies.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Brahmans and people of town and country
description: Collective groups to whom Rama grows dear because of his virtues.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: dutiful son
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: Rama and Lakshman honor their father with dutiful will.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: publicly attentive prince
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama is guided by the people’s good and acts to please and heal the general
welfare.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: beloved husband
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama lives beside his beloved, loves her virtues, and is described as her
lord and second life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: honored father and king
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Dasaratha is honored by Rama and Lakshman and is one to whom Rama grows dear.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: beloved wife
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: She is Rama’s darling and wife, loved for charms and virtues.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: idealized bride
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: She is described as goddess-fair, the loveliest wife, and Beauty’s Queen
in mortal mould.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: divine couple in simile
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: The passage compares Rama with his wife to Vishnu with Lakshmi by his side.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: mothers receiving filial devotion
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Rama strives to please his mothers with love and sonly courtesies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: approving community
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Brahmans and people in town and country become increasingly dear toward Rama
because of his virtues.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: double form and shared heart
literal_form: Rama and his wife are described as dwelling in one another, in double
form, with heart communing with heart even when apart.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: Vishnu with Lakshmi by his side
literal_form: The image of Vishnu accompanied by Lakshmi is used to describe Rama
allied with his wife.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rama’s filial and civic virtue
summary: Rama and Lakshman honor their father; Rama follows his father’s wish, serves
the people’s good, pleases his mothers, remembers holy guides, and becomes beloved
by ruler, Brahmans, and people.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Rama and his wife in loving union
summary: Rama lives beside his wife in mutual devotion, loves her with paternal
approval and for her virtues, and the pair are described as inwardly united even
when apart.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Bride praised and divine couple simile
summary: Janak’s daughter is praised as goddess-fair and the loveliest wife; Rama
beside her is compared to Vishnu with Lakshmi.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ideal royal marriage as divine pairing
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: The passage presents Rama and his wife as an ideal married pair and explicitly
compares them to Vishnu with Lakshmi.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is devotional and courtly rather than a ritual account of
marriage; the taxonomy fit depends on treating the divine-couple simile as motif
evidence.
- id: motif:2
label: beloved wife as second life
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: Rama’s wife is presented as his beloved, his second life, and an inward counterpart
with whom his heart communes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes conjugal affection and idealization; it does not
narrate loss, quest, or rescue of the beloved.
- id: motif:3
label: virtuous prince beloved by king and people
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Rama’s conduct aligns his father’s wish, public good, filial duty, and approval
by Brahmans and people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage implies legitimacy through virtue and public affection but
does not describe coronation or formal succession.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself compares Rama allied with his wife to Vishnu with Lakshmi
by his side.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: Vishnu-Lakshmi divine couple image
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is a simile within the passage; it does not by itself
establish a broader historical or ritual equivalence.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 9607-9608
quote_or_summary: Rama and Lakshman honor their godlike father with dutiful will.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 9609-9616
quote_or_summary: Rama’s guides are his father’s wish and the people’s good; he
attends to general welfare, pleases his mothers, and remembers his holy guides.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 9617-9620
quote_or_summary: Because of his kind and true virtues, Rama grows dear to Dasaratha,
Brahmans, and people in town and country.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 9621-9624
quote_or_summary: Rama spends blissful seasons beside his darling, with each thought
on her, as lover, friend, and worshipper.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 9625-9628
quote_or_summary: Rama loves her because his father approved and gave her, and because
of her charms and virtues.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 9629-9632
quote_or_summary: "“So he her lord and second life … In double form … Each heart
could commune free with heart.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 9633-9637
quote_or_summary: The child of Janak’s race grows more goddess-fair and is called
the loveliest wife, Beauty’s Queen in mortal mould.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 9638-9641
quote_or_summary: "“Then shone the son Kauśalyá bore … Like Vishṇu … With Lakshmi
by his side.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is direct from the supplied passage. Motif labels are
cautious because the passage is primarily descriptive praise and conjugal idealization.
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: |-
Used only supplied passage and metadata; no external identifications were added beyond names present in the passage.
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