batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l36878-l37042
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l36878-l37042
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha.
/ BOOK IV.; lines 36878-37042
start: '36878'
end: '37042'
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: The speaker describes the beauty of Pampá’s waters, groves, flowers, breezes,
birds, and animals, but the spring landscape intensifies his grief over Bharat’s
suffering and his absent wife, who has been taken by a giant. Addressing Lakshman,
he contrasts paired birds and peacocks with his own separation from his beloved,
the child of Janak.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Pampá is described as having clear waters, lotuses, banks with groves, and
large trees rising high.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker says thoughts of Bharat’s pain and of his spouse as the giant’s
spoil make his heart heavy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The forest contains flowers, grasses, creepers, trees, cool breezes, bees,
birds, deer, tiger, pard, and snake.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The wind is described as springing from a mountain cave and moving through
flowering trees.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Spring, bird-song, flowers, and Aśoka blossoms increase the speaker’s longing
for his spouse.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker repeatedly compares his sorrow and desire to fire burning his
heart or soul.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Birds and peacocks are shown with mates, and the speaker says these paired
creatures increase his pain.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The speaker says that if Janak’s large-eyed child were present, she would
lay her head on his breast.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: lamenting speaker
description: The speaking figure describes Pampá and mourns his absent spouse while
addressing Lakshman.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lakshman / Sumitrá’s son
description: The addressee of the speaker’s remarks, also called brother and Sumitrá’s
son.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Bharat
description: A figure whose pain and toil are remembered by the speaker.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the speaker’s spouse / child of Janak
description: The absent wife or beloved whom the speaker mourns; she is called his
spouse and the child of Janak.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the giant
description: A giant associated with making the speaker’s spouse his spoil and with
robbing a mate through hate.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Janak
description: Named as the parent of the speaker’s beloved.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: lamenting observer and bereaved husband
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker describes the landscape and says grief for his absent wife burns
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: brother-addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speaker addresses Lakshman as brother and as Sumitrá’s son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: remembered kinsman or associate in distress
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The speaker recalls Bharat’s pain and toil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: absent stolen beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The speaker calls his spouse the giant’s spoil and mourns not seeing his
wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: giant abductor or despoiler
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The spouse is called the giant’s spoil, and the speaker contrasts himself
with a peacock not robbed of its mate by giant’s hate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: named father of the beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The beloved is called the child of Janak.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Pampá’s waters
literal_form: clear waters, streams, river banks, and lotuses
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: flowering forest trees
literal_form: groves, high trees, creepers, Cassias, Aśokas, and blossoms
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: snake in the forest
literal_form: snake haunting glades, dells, and brakes
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: mountain cave
literal_form: a mountain cave from which the wild wind springs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: fire of sorrow and desire
literal_form: fire imagery used for sorrow, love, and the burning soul
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: paired birds and peacocks
literal_form: birds with mates and peacock with peahen
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Viewing Pampá’s beautiful landscape
summary: The speaker points out Pampá’s clear waters, lotuses, groves, high trees,
flowers, animals, and breezes while also stating his grief for Bharat and his
stolen spouse.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Spring landscape intensifies grief
summary: As bees, birds, wind, trees, Cassias, Aśokas, and springtime beauty appear,
the speaker says these sights and sounds increase his sorrow and longing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Paired creatures contrasted with separated lovers
summary: The speaker observes birds and peacocks with their mates and contrasts
their happiness with his own separation from the wife taken by a giant.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: stolen beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The speaker explicitly calls his spouse the giant’s spoil and later says
giant’s hate has robbed him of his mate, while he longs for his absent wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage focuses on lament rather than narrating the abduction event
itself.
- id: motif:2
label: sibling or brother pair in exile-like movement
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: The speaker repeatedly addresses Lakshman as brother and Sumitrá’s son while
sharing the scene and grief with him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The brother-pair relation is present, but this excerpt does not provide
the larger journey context.
- id: motif:3
label: erotic spring landscape as intensifier of separation grief
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Spring flowers, birds, paired creatures, and soft breezes are repeatedly
said to increase the speaker’s longing and sorrow for his absent wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names this pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 36878-36891
quote_or_summary: Pampá’s clear waters, lotuses, groves, and high trees are described;
the speaker says Bharat’s pain and his spouse as the giant’s spoil weigh down
his heart.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 36892-36921
quote_or_summary: The forest includes bright flowers, trees, creepers, animals including
snake, cool breezes, bees, and wind springing from a mountain cave.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 36922-36950
quote_or_summary: Breezes, trees, bees, hills, Cassias, spring, Koïls, and wild-cock
song are described; the speaker tells Sumitrá’s son that spring awakens sorrow
as he mourns his dame.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 36951-36982
quote_or_summary: Birds with mates, river banks, Aśokas, bees, and spring beauty
increase the speaker’s longing; he asks what use life has if he cannot see his
wife and describes sorrow as fire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 36983-37042
quote_or_summary: The speaker compares his consuming love to fire in dry bamboo,
observes peacocks with mates, says no giant has robbed the peacock of its mate,
and imagines Janak’s child resting on his breast if she were present.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong for landscape, grief, absent spouse, and giant-related
loss. Motif assignment is clearest for stolen_beloved; other pattern labels are
more contextual and require review.
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 and metadata. No external comparison claims were added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l36878-l37042
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