batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l34769-l34911
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l34769-l34911
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The
Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved.; lines 34769-34911
start: '34769'
end: '34911'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“Where is the Maithil dame?”"
summary: Ráma returns to an empty dwelling, laments Sítá's absence, searches the
surrounding forest and hill with Lakshmaṇ, finds no trace, and continues to grieve
while imagining her hidden among trees near the hermitage.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The leafy home is empty, and the grass seats lie scattered in disarray.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Ráma raises his arms and asks where Sítá has gone, wondering whether she has
been borne away, killed, or hidden by a tree in sport.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Ráma says that without Sítá he must go to the shades weighed down by woe,
where his father would reproach him for returning from exile before the appointed
time.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Lakshmaṇ urges Ráma not to despair and proposes searching the green hill,
caves, ravines, groves, rills, river, bamboo clusters, and thickets.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Ráma and Lakshmaṇ search through wood, hill, pools, brooks, ridges, crags,
peaks, caves, and waterfalls, but they do not find Sítá.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Lakshmaṇ tells Ráma that after toil and pain he will meet Sítá again, comparing
this to Viṣṇu renewing his earthly empire after subduing Bali.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Ráma trembles, his senses fail under grief, and he repeatedly cries out for
Sítá.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Ráma imagines Sítá hidden by Aśoka boughs, covered by plantains, or running
to flowery trees in a holy place where hermits dwell.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ráma
description: A grieving husband and chief who searches for Sítá and laments her
absence.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sítá / Maithil dame
description: The absent wife sought by Ráma; Ráma imagines her hidden among trees
or in playful concealment.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: Ráma's brother, who urges renewed searching and tries to calm Ráma's
grief.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: King, Ráma's sire
description: Ráma imagines meeting his father in the shades and being reproached
by him.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Viṣṇu
description: Named in Lakshmaṇ's comparison as one who subdued Bali and renewed
his empire of the earth.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Bali
description: Named in Lakshmaṇ's comparison as subdued by Viṣṇu.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: grieving seeker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma searches for Sítá and laments after finding the home empty and the search
vain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: husband of the absent wife
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma calls Sítá his spouse, wife, darling, and love.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: absent beloved wife
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sítá is missing from the home and is the object of Ráma's search and lament.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: fraternal counselor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Lakshmaṇ addresses his brother, urges him not to despair, aids the search,
and tries to calm him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: imagined paternal reprover
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Ráma imagines his father asking why he returned from exile before the decreed
time.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: mythic restorer in comparison
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Lakshmaṇ compares Ráma's future reunion with Sítá to Viṣṇu's renewal after
subduing Bali.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: subdued opponent in comparison
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Bali is named as subdued by Viṣṇu in Lakshmaṇ's analogy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: empty leafy home
literal_form: leafy dwelling with scattered grass seats
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: hill caves and ravines
literal_form: green hill with caves and dark ravines
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: water places of the search
literal_form: rill, river, pool, brook, streamlet, lotus pool, waterfall
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: trees and thickets concealing Sítá
literal_form: tree, grove, bamboo clusters, sheltering thicket, Aśoka boughs, plantain,
flowery trees
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: shades
literal_form: the shades where Ráma imagines meeting his father
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: gentle fawns
literal_form: fawns with whom Sítá played on the lawns
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Return to the empty hermitage
summary: Ráma comes back to the leafy home, finds it empty and disordered, and cries
out for Sítá.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Despair and imagined reproach
summary: Ráma says that if Sítá is lost he must perish or go to the shades, where
his father would condemn him for failing his exile vow.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Lakshmaṇ urges renewed searching
summary: Lakshmaṇ counsels Ráma not to yield to grief and lists places where Sítá
might be found.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Search of forest, hill, and waters
summary: The brothers search across the landscape but find no trace of Sítá; Lakshmaṇ
then offers an analogy of eventual restoration from the Viṣṇu-Bali story.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Ráma's intensified lament
summary: Ráma's grief overwhelms his body and senses; he continues to cry for Sítá
and imagines her hidden among trees in a hermit landscape.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: missing or stolen beloved sought by the hero
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The wife is absent from the home; Ráma wonders if she has been borne away
and searches widely for her with Lakshmaṇ.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: Within this excerpt Ráma only wonders whether Sítá has been borne away;
the passage itself does not directly show the abduction.
- id: motif:2
label: grieving hero's wilderness search
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ráma and Lakshmaṇ search woods, hills, caves, pools, brooks, peaks, and waterfalls
while Ráma laments Sítá's absence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level pattern rather than a specific taxonomy item from
the supplied list.
- id: motif:3
label: brother as counselor and search companion
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Lakshmaṇ, Ráma's brother, urges renewed effort, joins the search, predicts
reunion, and attempts to calm Ráma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage supports fraternal partnership, but the broader 'sibling_pair'
taxonomy may be more general than this local scene.
- id: motif:4
label: restoration analogy after defeat of an opponent
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Lakshmaṇ says Ráma will meet Sítá again as Viṣṇu renewed his empire of the
earth after subduing Bali.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif is present as an explicit comparison in speech, not as the primary
action of the scene.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Lakshmaṇ explicitly compares Ráma's hoped-for reunion with Sítá after hardship
to Viṣṇu's renewal of earthly dominion after subduing Bali.
claim_level: same_function
target: Viṣṇu subduing Bali and renewing empire of the earth
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is a simile within the passage; the excerpt does not
narrate the Viṣṇu-Bali episode itself.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 34769-34791
quote_or_summary: The home is empty, grass seats are disordered, and Ráma asks,
“Where is the Maithil dame?” while wondering if she was borne away or hidden by
a tree.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt and summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 34792-34814
quote_or_summary: Ráma says that without Sítá he must go to the shades, where his
father would ask why he returned from exile before the decreed time.
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 34815-34845
quote_or_summary: Lakshmaṇ urges Ráma not to despair and to search the hill, caves,
ravines, groves, streams, bamboo, and thickets where Sítá may be wandering or
hiding.
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 34846-34872
quote_or_summary: Ráma and Lakshmaṇ search through wood, hill, pool, brook, ridge,
crag, peak, caves, and waterfalls, but find no trace of Sítá.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 34873-34879
quote_or_summary: Lakshmaṇ says Ráma will meet the Maithil dame again, “As Vishṇu,
Bali’s might subdued, / His empire of the earth renewed.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 34880-34902
quote_or_summary: Ráma says the wood, pools, streams, caves, and waterfalls have
been searched; grief then seizes his body and senses, and he cries for Sítá while
Lakshmaṇ tries to calm him.
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 34903-34911
quote_or_summary: Ráma imagines Sítá hidden by Aśoka boughs, covered by plantain
stems, or running to flowery trees in a holy place where hermits dwell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is clear for characters, actions, and local motifs. Line subranges
are approximate within the supplied stable range because the prompt provided the
passage as a block rather than numbered individual lines.
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 the supplied passage text and metadata. Taxonomy references are limited to the provided motif families and symbols.
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