batch.motif.hindu-mahabharata-dutt-gutenberg-l2992-l3137
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-mahabharata-dutt-gutenberg-l2992-l3137
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/mahabharata-dutt.md
passage_locator:
label: BOOK V / PATIVRATA-MAHATMYA / BOOK VI / GO-HARANA; lines 2992-3137
start: '2992'
end: '3137'
translation: Maha-bharata
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Arjun, disguised as Brihannala, arranges through Draupadi for Uttara to
accept him as charioteer. Uttara doubts Brihannala’s fitness, but the Matsya princess
commands the arrangement, and Arjun drives Uttara toward battle. Arjun brings
Uttara to a dark sami tree where weapons are hidden in wrappings resembling corpses.
Uttara cuts the wrappings and sees shining bows, arrows, quivers, and swords.
Arjun identifies the weapons as those of himself and the Pandava brothers, including
the heavenly gift Gandiva.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Arjun is presented as disguised under the name Brihannala and offers to drive
Uttara’s battle-chariot.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Draupadi is also disguised, described as a menial, and relays Arjun’s request
to Uttara.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Uttara hesitates and questions whether Brihannala, described by him as a poor
and sexless creature, can lead in battle.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The Matsya princess speaks to Arjun, after which Arjun leads Uttara’s battle-car.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Arjun drives Uttara to a dark sami tree and tells him that bows, arrows, banners,
swords, and coats of mail are there.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Uttara believes corpses are hanging in the tree, but Arjun says the objects
are warriors’ weapons cased like corpses.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Uttara climbs the tree, cuts the wrappings, and the shining bows appear.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The bows are compared in appearance and sound to hissing serpents and bright
stars.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Uttara observes multiple bows, arrows, quivers, sabres, and scabbards decorated
with gold, jewels, animal figures, and feathers.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Arjun identifies the gold-embossed bow as Gandiva, a heavenly gift to Arjun.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Arjun identifies other weapons as belonging to Bhima, Yudhishthir, Nakula,
and Sahadeva.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Arjun / Brihannala
description: Arjun appears in disguise as Brihannala and serves as Uttara’s charioteer;
he later identifies the hidden weapons.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Draupadi
description: Draupadi appears disguised as a menial and conveys Arjun’s request
to Uttara.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Uttara
description: A prince of Matsya who initially hesitates, then is driven by Arjun
and retrieves the hidden weapons from the sami tree.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Matsya princess
description: The princess speaks to Arjun, enabling him to lead the battle-car for
Uttara.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Bhima
description: Identified by Arjun as owner of a mighty bow and crescent-bladed arrows.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Yudhishthir
description: Identified by Arjun as owner of a royal weapon with golden insects
inlaid.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Nakula
description: Identified by Arjun as owner of a bow with solar lustre and boar-ear
shafts in a tiger quiver.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Sahadeva
description: Identified by Arjun as owner of a jewel-decked bow and arrows with
parrot feathers.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: kindly gods
description: Collective divine givers named as having sent Gandiva to Arjun.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: disguised charioteer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Arjun, in the guise of Brihannala, offers and then acts as the driver of
Uttara’s battle-car.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: disguised intermediary
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Draupadi, disguised as a menial, speaks to Uttara on Arjun’s behalf.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: hesitant prince and weapon-retriever
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Uttara hesitates over Brihannala’s capacity, then climbs the tree and releases
the hidden weapons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: royal authorizer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Matsya princess speaks to Arjun immediately before he leads Uttara’s
battle-car.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: weapon-owner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: Arjun identifies the recovered weapons as belonging to himself and the Pandava
brothers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: divine donors
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Arjun says the gods sent Gandiva to him as a gift of heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sami tree concealing weapons
literal_form: dark sami tree containing wrapped weapons
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: weapons wrapped like corpses
literal_form: warriors’ weapons cased in wrappings that Uttara first takes for corpses
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: Gandiva
literal_form: gold-embossed bow named Gandiva and described as a heavenly gift
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: serpent-like bows
literal_form: bows described as voiced like hissing serpents
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: animal-decorated weapons and scabbards
literal_form: weapons and scabbards marked with elephants, tigers, boar-ear arrows,
parrot feathers, and toad designs
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Brihannala proposed as charioteer
summary: Arjun, disguised as Brihannala, has Draupadi present him to Uttara as a
skilled chariot-driver trained in Arjun’s wars.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Uttara’s hesitation and princess’s command
summary: Uttara questions Brihannala’s suitability for battle, but the Matsya princess
speaks to Arjun, and Arjun leads the battle-car.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Hidden arms in the sami tree
summary: Arjun brings Uttara to the dark sami tree and explains that the objects
that look like corpses are wrapped warriors’ weapons.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Revealing and identifying the weapons
summary: Uttara cuts open the wrappings and examines the shining weapons; Arjun
identifies them as Gandiva and the weapons of the Pandava brothers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: disguised hero becomes charioteer
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Arjun is disguised as Brihannala and takes the role of Uttara’s battle-chariot
driver before entering the warlike situation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents disguise and chariot service, but does not explicitly
frame this as a transformation or formal initiation.
- id: motif:2
label: hidden heroic weapons recovered from a tree
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Arjun directs Uttara to a dark sami tree where warriors’ weapons are concealed
in wrappings and then recovered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy includes a tree symbol but no precise motif family
for hidden weapons in a tree.
- id: motif:3
label: death-like wrappings conceal martial power
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Uttara thinks corpses hang in the tree, while Arjun explains that the wrappings
contain weapons; the removal of wrappings reveals shining arms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The death association is produced by the characters’ perception of corpse-like
wrappings, not by an actual death-and-rebirth episode.
- id: motif:4
label: divine weapon gifted to hero
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Arjun names Gandiva as a gift of heaven sent by kindly gods to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage only briefly reports the divine gift; it does not narrate
the original exchange or gifting event.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2992-3001
quote_or_summary: Arjun, disguised as Brihannala, asks that Uttara be told Brihannala
will drive his battle-chariot and win back his father’s cattle.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/mahabharata-dutt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 3002-3013
quote_or_summary: Draupadi, disguised as a menial, tells Uttara that Brihannala
was Arjun’s chariot-driver and is skilled in war.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/mahabharata-dutt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 3014-3021
quote_or_summary: Uttara hesitates, saying he would trust Draupadi but doubts that
a poor and sexless creature can rein warlike steeds or lead in battle.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/mahabharata-dutt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 3022-3030
quote_or_summary: Draupadi says Brihannala is eager; the Matsya princess speaks
to Arjun, and Arjun leads Uttara’s battle-car toward war.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/mahabharata-dutt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 3031-3045
quote_or_summary: Arjun drives Uttara to a dark sami tree and says it contains stately
bows, arrows, banners, swords, coats of mail, and a kingdom-widening bow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/mahabharata-dutt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 3046-3057
quote_or_summary: Uttara says corpses hang in the sami tree and fears touching unclean
things; Arjun replies that weapons, cased like corpses, are concealed there.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/mahabharata-dutt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 3058-3065
quote_or_summary: Uttara climbs the leafy tree, cuts the wrappings, and shining
bows appear, described as voiced like hissing serpents and gleaming like stars.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/mahabharata-dutt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 3066-3117
quote_or_summary: Uttara wonders at the weapons and describes five bows, arrows,
quivers, and sabres decorated with gold, jewels, animal figures, feathers, and
ornate scabbards.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/mahabharata-dutt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 3118-3131
quote_or_summary: Arjun identifies the gold-embossed bow as Gandiva, a heavenly
gift sent by the gods to him, and names bows belonging to Bhima, Yudhishthir,
Nakula, and Sahadeva.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/mahabharata-dutt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 3132-3137
quote_or_summary: Arjun identifies arrows belonging to himself, Bhima, Nakula, and
Sahadeva, including crescent blades, boar-ear shafts, and parrot-feathered arrows.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/mahabharata-dutt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The literal sequence and figures are clear in the supplied passage. Motif
labels are descriptive and mostly not linked to available taxonomy except for
the brief divine-gift element. No comparison claims were added because the passage
itself does not support an explicit cross-textual comparison.
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: |-
Extraction limited to the supplied passage and metadata; no external Mahabharata context was used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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