batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l33639-l33794
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l33639-l33794
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto
XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat.; lines 33639-33794
start: '33639'
end: '33794'
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: Rávaṇ carries the Maithil lady through the air after abducting her. She
denounces the deed, recalls the magical deer used to draw Ráma away and the vulture
king who died defending her, and foretells Rávaṇ’s death at Ráma’s hands. She
describes dire death imagery, including Vaitaraṇi and a sword-leaved wood. While
being carried toward Lanká, she drops her scarf and ornaments among five monkeys
as tokens to mark her path. Rávaṇ crosses Pampa and the sea, and celestial voices
warn that his guilty act will bring his end.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The giant Rávaṇ carries the Maithil lady through the air.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: obs:2
text: The Maithil lady says Rávaṇ stole her from her home when no friend or guardian
was near.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The Maithil lady says Rávaṇ relied on a magic deer to lure her husband away
from her side.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The Maithil lady says the vulture king, a friend of Ráma’s father, lies on
earth with a mangled wing after giving his life for her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: The Maithil lady predicts that Ráma, aided by his brother, will attack Rávaṇ
and that Rávaṇ will not survive their weapons.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The Maithil lady says she will die rather than live as a captive if she cannot
see her lord again.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The Maithil lady describes Vaitaraṇi as a foamy blood flood, along with a
dark wood whose leaves are swords and thickets with iron-pointed thorns.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The Maithil lady weeps, struggles, and trembles in despair while Rávaṇ holds
her and continues onward.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: On seeing five monkeys on a hill, the Maithil lady drops her scarf and ornaments
to earth, thinking they may show her path to her lord.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The five monkeys look up and see the dark-eyed lady shrieking above them in
the air.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Rávaṇ carries the weeping lady over Pampa, over landforms and waters, and
onward toward Lanká.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: As Rávaṇ crosses the sea with the lady, waves are tossed and fish and snakes
move in unrest; the sea is described as the ancient domain of Lord Varuṇ.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Celestial voices from blessed aerial troops warn the ten-necked king that
his guilty deed will bring his end.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Maithil lady
description: A woman abducted from her home, wife of Ráma, who denounces Rávaṇ,
weeps and struggles, and drops ornaments to mark her path.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: A fierce-eyed giant and ten-necked king who carries the Maithil lady
through the air toward Lanká.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Ráma
description: The Maithil lady’s lord and husband, absent from the abduction scene,
named as the warrior whose vengeance will threaten Rávaṇ.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ráma’s brother
description: The brave brother who, according to the Maithil lady, will aid Ráma
against Rávaṇ.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: vulture king
description: Aged defender and friend of Ráma’s father, said to have died for the
Maithil lady with mangled wing.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: five monkeys
description: Five monkeys standing on a high hill over the wood who see the lady
in the air and among whom her ornaments fall.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: blessed aerial troops / celestial voices
description: Beings dwelling in the air whose voices warn Rávaṇ that his guilty
deed will bring his end.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Lord Varuṇ
description: Named as the ancient ruler and controller of the sea crossed by Rávaṇ.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: magic deer
description: A magical deer said by the Maithil lady to have been used to lure her
husband from her side.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: abducted captive and speaker of reproach
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: She says she has been stolen from home, speaks against Rávaṇ, and is carried
weeping through the air.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: abductor and giant king
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He is described as a giant, ten-necked king, and thief who carries the lady
away through the air.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: absent husband and avenging warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Maithil lady identifies him as her lord and says Rávaṇ will face his
weapons and vengeance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: brotherly ally
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Maithil lady says her lord will raise his sword against Rávaṇ with his
brave brother’s aid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: fallen defender
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The vulture king is said to have given his aged life for the Maithil lady
and died trying to free her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: witnesses and receivers of path tokens
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The monkeys stand below as the lady drops scarf and ornaments among them,
and they see her shrieking in the air.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: celestial warners
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The aerial voices announce that Rávaṇ’s guilty deed will bring his end.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: magical lure
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The Maithil lady says the magic deer was relied upon to draw her husband
away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:9
label: sea deity associated with crossing
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The sea crossed by Rávaṇ is described as the seat of Lord Varuṇ’s ancient
reign.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: magic deer lure
literal_form: magic deer
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: dropped ornaments as path markers
literal_form: scarf, earring, necklet, chain, gem, and other ornaments
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: Vaitaraṇi blood flood
literal_form: flood or stream of foamy blood
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: sword-leaved wood and iron thorns
literal_form: dark wood with threatening sword-like leaves and thickets with iron-pointed
thorns
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: venomed snake under the robe
literal_form: snake with venomed teeth held beneath a robe in a simile for the prize
Rávaṇ carries
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: crossing waters
literal_form: Pampa’s flood, sea, waves, fish, and snakes
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Aerial abduction and reproach
summary: Rávaṇ carries the Maithil lady through the air while she denounces him
for stealing her and names the magic deer stratagem and the vulture king’s death.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Predicted vengeance and death landscape
summary: The Maithil lady predicts that Ráma and his brother will destroy Rávaṇ
and describes deathly places and punishments awaiting him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Tokens dropped to the monkeys
summary: Seeing five monkeys on a hill, the Maithil lady drops her scarf and ornaments
so they may indicate the path she has taken.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Flight toward Lanká and celestial warning
summary: Rávaṇ carries the lady over Pampa, land, and the sea toward Lanká; the
waters stir, and celestial voices warn that the deed will cause his end.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Abduction of a beloved wife
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Rávaṇ is repeatedly described as stealing Ráma’s wife from her home and carrying
her away through the air.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the abduction itself and the captive’s speech; broader
narrative consequences lie outside this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Magical lure separates the protector from the victim
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Maithil lady says Rávaṇ relied on a magic deer to draw her husband away
from her side before the abduction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt does not describe the deer’s full nature or action beyond
the lady’s statement that it was used as a lure.
- id: motif:3
label: Captive leaves tokens to mark the path
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Maithil lady drops scarf and ornaments among five monkeys, explicitly
thinking they may show her path and tell her lord where she went.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not show the later recovery or interpretation of the
tokens.
- id: motif:4
label: Death realm imagery as warning of doom
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The Maithil lady invokes Vaitaraṇi, a blood-like flood, a sword-leaved wood,
iron thorns, and coils of death while warning Rávaṇ that his end is near.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The imagery is used as a verbal warning, not as an actual journey undertaken
in this excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: Celestial proclamation of punishment for a guilty deed
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Blessed aerial voices address the ten-necked king and declare that his guilty
act will bring his end.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The voices announce doom, but the passage does not identify them as judges
or show the punishment carried out here.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 33639-33673
quote_or_summary: The Maithil lady, carried through the air, accuses Rávaṇ of stealing
her when no guardian was present, says he used a magic deer to lure her husband
away, and recalls the vulture king who died defending her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 33674-33711
quote_or_summary: The Maithil lady shames Rávaṇ, warns that Ráma and his brother
will attack him, and says she will die rather than remain a captive if separated
from her lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 33712-33734
quote_or_summary: The Maithil lady says death is near Rávaṇ, names Vaitaraṇi as
a foamy blood flood, describes a dark sword-leaved wood and iron-thorn thickets,
and recalls Ráma’s destruction of many fiends.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 33735-33750
quote_or_summary: After her speech, the Maithil lady weeps and trembles in despair
while the wicked giant holds her and bears her through the air.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 33751-33770
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ passes over a hill where five monkeys stand; the Maithil
lady drops scarf and ornaments among them so the objects may show her path to
her lord, and the monkeys see her shrieking above.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 33771-33782
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ carries the weeping lady over Pampa and toward Lanká, holding
a prize compared to a venomous snake hidden under a robe, and travels swiftly
over woods, rocks, lakes, and brooks.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 33783-33790
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ crosses the sounding sea, described as the ancient domain
of Lord Varuṇ; waves toss, and fish and snakes show unrest.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 33791-33794
quote_or_summary: Celestial voices from blessed troops dwelling in the air address
the ten-necked king and warn that the guilty deed will bring his end.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based on the supplied public-domain passage only. Motif labels
are candidate classifications and should be reviewed, especially where taxonomy
terms extend beyond literal wording.
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 external comparison claims were added because the supplied passage does not itself support comparison to another text or tradition.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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