batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l32764-l32932
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l32764-l32932
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The
Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest.; lines 32764-32932
start: '32764'
end: '32932'
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: Sítá rejects the stranger’s attempt to woo her, identifies herself as Ráma’s
wife, praises Ráma, and warns that any attempt to take her is doomed. The stranger,
revealed as Rávaṇ, boasts of his titles, conquests, aerial car, and city of Lanká,
then urges Sítá to abandon Ráma and accept him, adding warnings of grief if she
refuses.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sítá identifies herself as the wife of Ráma and rejects the stranger’s wooing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Sítá praises Ráma with royal, martial, and auspicious attributes, including
strength, firmness, truthfulness, self-command, and fearlessness.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Sítá says the stranger’s hope of touching Ráma’s wife is like a jackal wooing
a lioness or stealing glory from the sun.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Sítá describes the attempt to win her as more impossible or dangerous than
acts involving Mount Mandar, poison, sharp objects, the sea, sun and moon, and
flame.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Sítá compares Ráma favorably against the stranger through pairs such as ocean
and spring, lion and fox, gold and lead, swan and owl, peacock and waterfowl,
and eagle and bat.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Sítá predicts that when Ráma sees his armed foe, the stranger will lose his
prey and be doomed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: After speaking, Sítá becomes pale, weak, and trembling with fear.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The stranger watches Sítá’s fear and recounts his triumphs, titles, pedigree,
and name to terrify her further.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The stranger identifies himself as Rávaṇ, brother of Vaiśravaṇ and holder
of the title Lord of Ten Necks.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Rávaṇ claims that gods, Gandharvas, snakes, spirits, and birds fear him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Rávaṇ says he defeated Vaiśravaṇ and took the aerial car Pushpak.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Rávaṇ describes Lanká as a city beyond the sea with walls, golden courts,
lazulite gates, vehicles, music, and fruiting gardens.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Rávaṇ invites Sítá to dwell with him in royal halls and tells her to think
no more of mortal Ráma.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: Rávaṇ disparages Ráma as exiled, weak, fallen, and soon to die.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: Rávaṇ warns Sítá of grief and coming woe if she refuses him and cites the
fate of Urvaśí and Purúravas.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: Sítá’s eyes are angry after Rávaṇ’s speech, and she prepares to answer him
in the lonely place.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sítá
description: Ráma’s wife, addressed as a beauteous queen and large-eyed dame; she
rejects Rávaṇ and later trembles with fear.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Sítá’s husband, praised by her as noble, strong, truthful, princely,
self-controlled, and mighty in battle; disparaged by Rávaṇ as mortal, exiled,
and soon to die.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: The stranger who reveals himself as Rávaṇ, Lord of Ten Necks, brother
of Vaiśravaṇ, ruler associated with Lanká, and suitor threatening Sítá.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Vaiśravaṇ
description: Rávaṇ’s brother, called the King of Gold, formerly encountered and
defeated by Rávaṇ, now dwelling on Kailása’s hill.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Indra
description: A divine figure used in comparisons for Ráma’s battle power and for
the city Amarávatí; also leader of celestial hosts said to flee Rávaṇ.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Daśaratha
description: Ráma’s father, mentioned by Rávaṇ as having sent Ráma to the woods
and set another son to rule.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Káma
description: A love deity invoked by Rávaṇ when he says his heart is torn by Káma’s
arrows.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Urvaśí
description: A figure cited by Rávaṇ as an example of a sad fate after touching
Purúravas with her foot.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Purúravas
description: A figure cited in Rávaṇ’s warning about Urvaśí.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: faithful wife
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sítá calls herself the true and loving wife of Ráma and rejects another’s
advances.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: threatened woman
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rávaṇ pressures her to accept him and warns of grief if she refuses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: praised husband and warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sítá praises Ráma’s strength, princely lineage, truthfulness, self-command,
and battle power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: absent protector
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sítá predicts that Ráma will confront the armed foe when he sees him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: threatening suitor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Rávaṇ urges Sítá to abandon Ráma, dwell with him, and accept him as lover.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: boastful conqueror
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Rávaṇ recounts his titles, fearsome power, defeat of Vaiśravaṇ, and possession
of Pushpak.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: ruler of Lanká
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Rávaṇ describes Lanká beyond the sea as his city filled with giant bands
and royal splendor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: defeated brother
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Rávaṇ calls Vaiśravaṇ his brother and says he yielded and fled after fighting
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: divine comparator
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Indra is used as a point of comparison for Ráma, celestial armies, and Amarávatí.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: royal father referenced by antagonist
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Rávaṇ refers to Daśaratha in his disparagement of Ráma’s exile.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: love deity invoked metaphorically
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Rávaṇ describes his heart as torn by Káma’s arrows.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:12
label: exemplary figures in warning
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: Rávaṇ cites Urvaśí and Purúravas as a precedent for sorrow and fate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Bodh tree
literal_form: Bodh tree used as a comparison for Ráma’s tall strength.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: trees of gold
literal_form: Trees of gold described by Sítá as a sign seen by dying eyes.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Mount Mandar
literal_form: Towering mountain used in Sítá’s impossible-action warning.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: envenomed snake
literal_form: Snake with threatening jaws and fang used in Sítá’s warning comparison.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: sea
literal_form: Sea used in Sítá’s millstone-and-swimming comparison and as the location
beyond which Lanká stands.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: kindled flame
literal_form: Flame pressed to the breast in Sítá’s impossible-action comparison.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:7
label: altar oil
literal_form: Oil dripping on an altar, sipped by a death-doomed fly in Sítá’s prediction.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:8
label: Pushpak
literal_form: Far-renowned aerial car taken from Vaiśravaṇ and said to fly will-guided
through the skies.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:9
label: Kailása’s hill
literal_form: Famed hill where Vaiśravaṇ dwells after fleeing Rávaṇ.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:10
label: Lanká beyond the sea
literal_form: City beyond the sea with walls, golden courts, lazulite gates, music,
and gardens.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Sítá rejects the threatening wooer
summary: Sítá declares herself Ráma’s wife, praises Ráma, denounces the stranger’s
attempt to win her, and warns that such an attempt is doomed and dangerous.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Fear after Sítá’s speech
summary: After Sítá’s scornful speech, she becomes pale and trembles; the stranger
watches and seeks to terrify her further by recounting his identity and power.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Rávaṇ’s self-revelation and boast
summary: The stranger identifies himself as Rávaṇ, brother of Vaiśravaṇ, claims
fearsome power over gods and beings, and says he defeated Vaiśravaṇ and took Pushpak.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Invitation to Lanká and threat of refusal
summary: Rávaṇ describes Lanká’s splendor, urges Sítá to live with him, disparages
Ráma, and warns her of grief if she refuses.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: threatened abduction or seizure of a beloved wife
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Sítá frames Rávaṇ’s pursuit as an attempt to touch or take Ráma’s wife and
predicts he will lose his half-won prey; Rávaṇ urges her to leave Ráma and live
with him in Lanká.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage contains attempted wooing, coercion, and threat, but it does
not narrate an actual abduction within the supplied lines.
- id: motif:2
label: faithful wife resists rival suitor
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sítá repeatedly identifies herself as Ráma’s true and loving wife and answers
Rávaṇ’s advances with scorn and warning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names this pattern.
- id: motif:3
label: boastful demon-king displays cosmic and royal power
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rávaṇ names himself, lists beings that fear him, recounts defeating Vaiśravaṇ,
claims Pushpak, and describes Lanká’s splendor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level motif label without a matching supplied taxonomy
reference.
- id: motif:4
label: impossible-task warnings against transgression
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sítá compares Rávaṇ’s wish to win her with shaking Mount Mandar, drinking
poison, swimming the sea with a millstone, plucking sun and moon, and embracing
flame.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: These are rhetorical comparisons rather than enacted narrative tasks.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 32764-32791
quote_or_summary: Sítá says she is Ráma’s wife, praises his strength, lineage, truthfulness,
and self-command, and scorns the stranger’s attempt to woo her as a jackal wooing
a lioness.
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 32792-32823
quote_or_summary: Sítá warns that the stranger’s aim is as perilous or impossible
as taking a snake’s fang, shaking Mount Mandar, drinking poison, swimming the
sea with a millstone, plucking sun and moon, or holding kindled flame to the breast.
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 32824-32855
quote_or_summary: Sítá compares Ráma and the stranger through unequal pairs such
as ocean and spring, lion and fox, gold and lead, swan and owl, and eagle and
bat, then predicts the foe will be doomed when Ráma sees him armed.
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 32856-32871
quote_or_summary: After Sítá’s cutting words, she grows pale and trembles; the stranger,
terrible as Death, watches her fear and recounts his triumphs, titles, pedigree,
and name.
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 32872-32905
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ identifies himself as brother of the King of Gold and Lord
of Ten Necks, says beings flee him, claims to have defeated Vaiśravaṇ, and says
Pushpak, the will-guided aerial car, is now his.
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: summary
locator: lines 32906-32924
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ describes Lanká beyond the sea, its walls, golden courts,
gates, vehicles, music, and fruiting gardens, then invites Sítá to dwell with
him in royal halls and forget mortal Ráma.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 32925-32930
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ disparages Ráma as exiled and soon to die, urges Sítá to
accept the giant king, invokes Káma’s arrows, warns of grief if she refuses, and
cites Urvaśí and Purúravas.
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: summary
locator: lines 32931-32932
quote_or_summary: After Rávaṇ’s speech, Sítá’s angry eyes are red and she prepares
to answer the monarch of the giant race in the lonely place.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The primary actions and speakers are explicit in the supplied passage. Motif
mapping is cautious because the passage shows coercive wooing and threat but not
the subsequent abduction event.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. No external narrative context was added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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