batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l30754-l30880
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l30754-l30880
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The
Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 30754-30880
start: '30754'
end: '30880'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“Know, twice seven thousand, fierce in might, / Are slain by Ráma in the
fight”"
summary: A female speaker rebukes a demon king for pleasure, negligence, weak counsel,
and lack of royal vigilance; she reports that Ráma has slain the giant forces,
including Khara and Dúshaṇ, and has made the forest safe for saints. The demon
king then angrily asks Śúrpaṇakhá to identify Ráma, describe his strength and
weapons, and say who maimed her.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker accuses the king of being absorbed in pleasure, pursuing selfish
will, and failing to see the fate threatening him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speech states that a king who neglects royal duties and guards his kingdom
poorly will fall with his realm and people.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker says kings are called long-sighted because they learn distant
matters through messengers and loyal spies.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker reports that fourteen thousand giants have been slain by Ráma,
and that Khara and Dúshaṇ are dead.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker reports that Ráma freed the saints from fear and made Janasthán
safe in Daṇḍak’s shade.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The speech contrasts a negligent, passion-driven king with a ruler who subdues
his senses, observes events, rewards good conduct, and prevents wrongdoing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: After the rebuke, the monarch of the sons of night ponders the speech.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The demon king angrily questions Śúrpaṇakhá about Ráma’s identity, origin,
appearance, might, deeds, purpose in Daṇḍak forest, weapons, and the maiming of
Śúrpaṇakhá.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Śúrpaṇakhá is described as the demon king’s sister and as a giantess whose
fury remains unrepressed.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Śúrpaṇakhá
description: A giantess, addressed as the demon king’s sister, who harshly speaks
and is asked who maimed her.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: demon king / monarch of the sons of night
description: A wealthy and powerful king of giants or demons, surrounded by lords,
rebuked for negligent rule and later questioning Śúrpaṇakhá.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Ráma
description: A prince and warrior reported to have slain fourteen thousand giants,
Khara, Dúshaṇ, and other night-rovers, and to have freed saints from fear.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Khara
description: A leader of the giant host reported dead and later named among those
Ráma slew.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Dúshaṇ
description: A leader of the giant host reported dead and later named among those
Ráma slew.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Triśirás
description: A figure named among those Ráma laid low on the earth.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: saints
description: Holy figures in Janasthán and Daṇḍak who are said to have been freed
by Ráma from fear of harm.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: messengers and loyal spies
description: Agents through whom kings are said to see things far away.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: rebuking speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says she upbraids the king with cutting speech and then Śúrpaṇakhá
harshly speaks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: negligent demon ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speech addresses him as lord of giants and accuses him of weak, pleasure-bound,
inattentive rule.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: victorious warrior and protector of saints
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Ráma is reported to have slain the giant host and freed the saints from dread
of harm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: slain giant warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Khara, Dúshaṇ, and Triśirás are named among those dead or laid low by Ráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: maimed sister
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The demon king calls her his sister and asks who maimed her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: protected ascetics or holy persons
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The speech says Ráma freed the saints from dread of harm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: royal intelligence agents
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Messengers and loyal spies are described as the means by which kings see
distant things.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: smoking funeral fire
literal_form: fire that smokes on a funeral pile
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: false river with miry brink
literal_form: false river’s miry brink from which elephants shrink
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: hill buried in ocean
literal_form: a hill whose head is buried in the ocean’s bed
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: Daṇḍak forest
literal_form: Daṇḍak forest or Daṇḍak’s shade
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: royal spies as far-seeing eyes
literal_form: messengers and loyal spies functioning as a king’s faithful eyes
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rebuke of the negligent king
summary: A female speaker condemns the demon king’s pleasure, lack of vigilance,
weak counsel, failure to use spies, and neglect of royal duty, warning that he
will lose his estate if he cannot discern good from evil.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:2
label: Report of Ráma’s victory in Janasthán
summary: The speaker reports that Ráma has slain fourteen thousand giants and the
leaders Khara and Dúshaṇ, freeing the saints and making the forest asylum safe.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Demon king questions Śúrpaṇakhá
summary: After the rebuke, the demon king’s anger breaks out; he asks Śúrpaṇakhá
to describe Ráma, explain why he came to Daṇḍak forest, identify his weapons,
and say who maimed her.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Negligent ruler warned of loss of sovereignty
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The passage repeatedly links kingship to duty, self-control, use of spies,
attention to counsel, and public welfare, and warns that a king lacking these
will fall from high estate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is primarily admonitory speech; the actual loss of sovereignty
is warned but not shown within this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Hero defeats demonic forces and protects holy persons
taxonomy_refs:
- culture_hero
basis: Ráma is reported to have slain a large giant host and its leaders and to
have freed saints from fear in Janasthán and Daṇḍak.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The feat is reported by a speaker rather than narrated directly in this
passage.
- id: motif:3
label: Maimed female relative provokes inquiry about a powerful enemy
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The demon king asks his sister Śúrpaṇakhá who maimed her and demands details
about Ráma’s identity, strength, deeds, and weapons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage begins the inquiry but does not yet include Śúrpaṇakhá’s full
account.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 30754-30783
quote_or_summary: The speaker warns that a pleasure-bound king who neglects royal
duties and fails to guard his kingdom will fall with his realm, using images of
funeral fire, a false river, and a hill sunk in the ocean.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 30784-30798
quote_or_summary: The speaker calls the addressee lord of giants, criticizes his
weakness and reliance on blind counsellors, and says kings are long-sighted through
messengers and loyal spies.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 30799-30810
quote_or_summary: "“Know, twice seven thousand, fierce in might, / Are slain by
Ráma in the fight,” followed by the report that Khara and Dúshaṇ are dead and
that Ráma freed the saints in Janasthán and Daṇḍak."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 30811-30834
quote_or_summary: The speech says that a besotted, ungenerous, passionate, and negligent
monarch will lose followers, realm, and usefulness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 30835-30850
quote_or_summary: The speech praises the ruler who subdues the senses, observes
events, rewards good conduct, prevents wrongdoing, watches like a ruler even in
sleep, and learns through spies.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 30851-30862
quote_or_summary: The speaker tells the king he is enslaved by base desire and must
learn good from evil or fall; after she upbraids him, the monarch of the sons
of night ponders.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 30863-30877
quote_or_summary: In Canto XXXIV, the demon king, surrounded by lords, angrily asks
Śúrpaṇakhá who Ráma is, what brought him to Daṇḍak forest, what arms he bears,
and who maimed her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 30878-30880
quote_or_summary: Śúrpaṇakhá, still furious, begins to declare at length Ráma’s
form, deeds, and strength.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is clear as admonitory speech and report, but the supplied locator
label appears inconsistent with the included heading for Canto XXXIV. Some line
subranges are approximate within the provided range.
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 comparison claims added because the passage itself does not explicitly support a specific cross-text comparison beyond internal motif candidates.
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