batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l35393-l35562
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l35393-l35562
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 35393-35562
start: '35393'
end: '35562'
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: Rāma, grieving for the abducted Sītā, becomes enraged enough to contemplate
destroying the triple world. Lakshmaṇ counsels him not to punish all beings for
one offender, urges a search for the abductor, and later consoles him with examples
of universal grief, fate, and endurance. Rāma restrains his passion and asks Lakshmaṇ
how they should continue the search.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Rāma is described as incensed, mourning for his ravished dame, and ready to
make the wide world desolate.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Rāma looks at his ready bow while sighing and is compared to a destructive
power that could consume the triple world.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Lakshmaṇ sees Rāma in an unwonted mood and addresses him with reverence and
fear.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Lakshmaṇ tells Rāma not to let the triple world be undone for the sin of one
offender.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Lakshmaṇ observes broken chariot fragments, blood, hoof and wheel marks, and
signs of battle at the scene.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Lakshmaṇ says he can trace signs of one culprit rather than two or a mighty
host.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Lakshmaṇ proposes searching floods, woods, hills, divine homes, and the sky
until the thief of Sītā is found.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Lakshmaṇ says that if meekness, prayer, and right fail to restore Sītā, Rāma
should then use deadly arrows against his foes.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Lakshmaṇ consoles Rāma by saying no embodied life, not even gods, is free
from Fate’s decree or from the consequences of deeds.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Rāma restrains the passion in his breast and asks Lakshmaṇ where and how they
should direct the search for Sītā.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rāma
description: A grieving prince and hero whose wife has been stolen; he is angered
and later restrains his passion.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ / Sumitrá’s son
description: Rāma’s brother, who counsels and consoles him and proposes a search
for the abductor.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sītā
description: Rāma’s spouse, called the ravished dame and the dame they seek to bring
back.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Unidentified abductor / guilty foe
description: The one who dared to steal Sītā; Lakshmaṇ urges that this offender
be pursued and punished.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Gods and other divine or semi-divine beings
description: Mentioned as possible witnesses or beings whose realms may be searched,
and as beings also subject to Fate.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: bereaved husband
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rāma mourns for his ravished dame and seeks to bring Sītā back.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: potential world-destroyer in grief
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: His anger is described as capable of desolating or consuming the triple world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: counseling brother
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Lakshmaṇ addresses Rāma, urging restraint and reason.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: companion in search and vengeance
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Lakshmaṇ proposes to search with Rāma and to support action against the guilty
foe if Sītā is not restored.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: stolen beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sītā is repeatedly described as stolen, ravished, and sought for restoration
to Rāma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: abductor and guilty foe
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Lakshmaṇ identifies a single offender as the one who stole the dame and should
be pursued.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: cosmic witnesses or powers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Gods, Gandharvas, and other beings are named in the counsel about the search
and about subjection to Fate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: destructive fire
literal_form: eyes of flame, fire of Fate, day of doom, and misfortunes that burn
like flame
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
- world_destroying_fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: bow and arrows
literal_form: Rāma’s ready bow and gold-bright shafts
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: triple world
literal_form: the triple world threatened with destruction
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: battle traces
literal_form: broken car, hoof and wheel marks, steel marks, and drops of gore
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: search landscape
literal_form: floods, woods, hills, divine homes, and sky
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: Fate’s decree
literal_form: a law and supreme decree to which gods and embodied lives bend
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rāma’s grief turns toward cosmic destruction
summary: Rāma mourns Sītā and is depicted as so enraged that he could desolate or
consume the triple world.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Lakshmaṇ urges restraint and identifies a single offender
summary: Lakshmaṇ tells Rāma not to punish the worlds for one offense and notes
that the signs point to one culprit rather than a host.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Search for the stolen Sītā is proposed
summary: Lakshmaṇ urges Rāma to pursue the thief through rivers, forests, hills,
divine realms, and sky until Sītā is found, with vengeance reserved if restoration
fails.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Consolation through examples of grief and Fate
summary: Lakshmaṇ consoles Rāma by arguing that misfortune, grief, eclipse, earthquake,
fate, and the fruits of deeds touch even kings, sages, earth, lights of heaven,
and gods.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Rāma restrains anger and asks for a plan
summary: Rāma accepts Lakshmaṇ’s counsel, restrains his passion, leans on his bow,
and asks how to continue the search.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: stolen beloved and recovery quest
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
- mystical_quest
basis: Sītā has been stolen; Lakshmaṇ urges Rāma to seek the abductor across earthly
and divine spaces until she is restored.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes the beginning of a search plan rather than the full
recovery.
- id: motif:2
label: grief threatening world destruction
taxonomy_refs:
- world_destroying_fire
basis: Rāma’s grief and anger are described through fiery, doomsday imagery and
as a threat to the triple world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The destruction is contemplated or threatened through imagery, not carried
out.
- id: motif:3
label: wise counselor restrains heroic wrath
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Lakshmaṇ counsels Rāma to restrain anger, reason from evidence, search for
the true culprit, and avoid universal punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy has no more specific counselor-restraint category.
- id: motif:4
label: fate and the universality of suffering
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Lakshmaṇ states that gods and embodied beings alike are subject to Fate’s
decree and to the consequences of virtue and sin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes fate and moral consequence; the taxonomy reference
is approximate rather than explicit divine judgment.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 35393-35404
quote_or_summary: Rāma stands incensed, mourning his ravished dame; he looks at
his bow and is compared to fire of Fate or Hara at doomsday, able to desolate
or consume the triple world.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 35405-35423
quote_or_summary: Lakshmaṇ, seeing Rāma’s fearful mood, reverently urges him not
to abandon gentleness or undo the triple world for one person’s sin.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 35424-35442
quote_or_summary: Lakshmaṇ describes the broken chariot, battle marks, gore, hoof
and wheel traces, and says the signs indicate one culprit, not two or a host.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 35443-35461
quote_or_summary: Lakshmaṇ says other beings have not offended Rāma and urges him
to pursue the thief of Sītā with Lakshmaṇ, hermits, and the great bow through
rivers, woods, hills, divine homes, and sky.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 35462-35472
quote_or_summary: Lakshmaṇ says that if gods do not restore Sītā after the search,
and if meekness, prayer, and right fail, Rāma should overpower foes with deadly
gold-bright arrows.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 35473-35548
quote_or_summary: Lakshmaṇ consoles Rāma with examples of grief, loss, earthquake,
eclipse, and Fate; he says no god or embodied life is free from Fate’s decree
or from the fruit of virtue and sin.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 35549-35562
quote_or_summary: Lakshmaṇ urges Rāma to find and slay the guilty foe rather than
destroy the worlds; Rāma restrains his passion and asks where to direct the search
for Sītā.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels use available
taxonomy where directly or approximately supported; no external comparison claims
are made.
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: |-
The supplied passage locator label appears to include several canto titles, while the excerpt itself includes Canto LXVII and LXVIII headings; no correction was made beyond preserving the provided metadata.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l35393-l35562
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