batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l38129-l38274
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l38129-l38274
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens.;
lines 38129-38274
start: '38129'
end: '38274'
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: Rama praises Sugriva's counsel and asks him to help find the Maithil lady
and Ravana, while offering reciprocal aid. Sugriva rejoices in the friendship
made near the witness fire, describes the duties of true friends, seats Rama and
Lakshman on Sal boughs on the mountain, recounts his oppression by his brother
Bali and separation from his consort, and receives Rama's promise to kill Bali.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Rama says his friend's counsel has restored his strength.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Rama asks Sugriva to trace the Maithil lady's dwelling place and help find
Ravana.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Rama asks Sugriva to say what aid Rama can give him and swears by his truth
that his words are not false.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Sugriva and his lords are glad because of Rama's promised aid.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Sugriva says he won Rama's friendship near a witness fire.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Sugriva describes the bond of noble friends as firm in woe and danger, with
wealth and homes shareable at friendship's call.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Sugriva tears a leafy Sal bough and lays it on the grass as seats for himself
and Rama; Hanuman brings another bough for Lakshman.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The friends sit on a noble mountain brow, and Sugriva says he wanders on Rishyamuka
mountain.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Sugriva says he is oppressed by his brother Bali, fearful, separated from
his consort, expelled, and in need of deliverance.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Rama replies that the best fruit of friendship is a deed that helps a friend
in need and promises to kill Bali with his arrows.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Sugriva says Rama is dearer than life since their meeting by the witness fire
and prepares to tell the woes that consume him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Sugriva speaks with sobs and tears, then restrains his grief and resumes speaking
more calmly.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rama / Raghu's son
description: A prince who has received Sugriva's counsel, seeks the Maithil lady
and Ravana, swears truth, and promises to kill Bali for Sugriva.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sugriva / Vanar King
description: A Vanar king and Rama's friend, glad for Rama's aid, oppressed by Bali,
wandering on Rishyamuka, and seeking deliverance.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Rama's brother, standing beside him and later offered a leafy bough
seat by Hanuman.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Hanuman
description: A figure who brings a leafy Sal bough and requests Lakshman to rest.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The Maithil lady
description: The woman whose dwelling place Rama asks Sugriva to trace.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Ravana
description: Called fierce and impious; Rama asks Sugriva to help find him.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Bali
description: Sugriva's brother, described by Sugriva as cruel and dreadful, and
by Rama as a wicked foe and robber to be slain.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Sugriva's lords
description: The lords of Sugriva who confess joy at Rama's promise of aid.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: oath-bound friend and ally
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: Rama and Sugriva speak of friendship, trust, a witness fire, and mutual aid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: seeker of the Maithil lady
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama asks Sugriva to help trace the Maithil lady's dwelling place.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: promised helper in combat
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama promises to kill Bali in order to help Sugriva.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: exiled petitioner oppressed by brother
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sugriva says Bali has oppressed and expelled him and asks Rama for deliverance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: companion brother
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Lakshman stands beside Rama and is included in the seating scene.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: attendant who provides a seat
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Hanuman brings a leafy bough and requests Lakshman to rest.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: sought woman
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Rama asks that her dwelling place be traced.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: enemy to be found
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Rama names Ravana as fierce and impious and asks Sugriva to aid in finding
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:9
label: oppressing brother and foe
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Bali is named as Sugriva's brother and oppressor and as the foe Rama will
kill.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: joyful followers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Sugriva's lords rejoice at Rama's promise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: witness fire
literal_form: Fire present as witness to the formation of friendship.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: hand-in-hand friendship gesture
literal_form: Friendly hands set hand in hand at the meeting by the witness fire.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: Sal tree bough seats
literal_form: Leafy boughs torn from Sal trees and laid as seats.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: Rishyamuka mountain refuge
literal_form: The noble mountain brow and Rishyamuka mountain where Sugriva wanders.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: Rama's feathered arrows
literal_form: Feathered darts and golden-emblemed shafts that Rama says will kill
Bali.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: snake-like arrows
literal_form: Rama's shafts are described by simile as being sped like furious snakes.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rama requests aid and offers reciprocal help
summary: Rama thanks Sugriva for counsel, asks him to locate the Maithil lady and
Ravana, and invites Sugriva to ask for aid in return.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Sugriva celebrates the friendship pact
summary: Sugriva and his lords rejoice, and Sugriva speaks of friendship formed
near the witness fire and the constancy of true friends.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Leafy seats on the mountain
summary: Sugriva and Hanuman prepare Sal bough seats for Rama and Lakshman on the
mountain brow.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Sugriva's complaint and Rama's martial promise
summary: Sugriva tells Rama of his oppression by Bali and separation from his consort;
Rama answers that friendship requires helpful action and vows to slay Bali with
his arrows.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Sugriva renews trust and begins to recount his woes
summary: Sugriva affirms the friendship made by the witness fire, says Rama is dearer
than life, and, while weeping, prepares to narrate his suffering.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: friendship covenant sworn before fire
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Rama and Sugriva describe their friendship as formed near a witness fire,
accompanied by trust, truth-oaths, and obligations of mutual help.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents a friendship pact rather than a formal legal covenant.
- id: motif:2
label: reciprocal aid between allies
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Rama asks Sugriva to help find the Maithil lady and Ravana, while Rama asks
what aid he can give and then promises to kill Bali for Sugriva.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is framed as friendship and obligation; the passage does
not depict a material transaction.
- id: motif:3
label: separated consorts motivate action
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama seeks the Maithil lady's dwelling place, and Sugriva says he mourns
his consort far away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: This passage does not explicitly state the circumstances by which either
woman became separated from the speaker.
- id: motif:4
label: paired brothers in loyalty and conflict
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Rama and Lakshman appear together as mighty brothers, while Sugriva describes
oppression by his brother Bali.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage contains both a loyal brother pair and a hostile brother relationship,
but it does not elaborate a full sibling-pair pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: armed vow to destroy the ally's oppressor
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama states that helping a friend in need is friendship's best fruit and
vows that Bali will fall by his arrows.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No broader taxonomy reference is assigned from the provided list.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 38129-38142
quote_or_summary: Rama praises Sugriva's counsel, says his strength is restored,
and asks him to trace the Maithil lady and help find Ravana.
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 38143-38154
quote_or_summary: Rama asks Sugriva to say what aid Rama can lend, denies speaking
falsely, and swears by his truth.
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 38155-38160
quote_or_summary: Sugriva and his lords rejoice in sure hope of Rama's promised
aid.
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 38161-38172
quote_or_summary: Sugriva says the gods favor him because Rama has become his friend;
he recalls winning Rama's friendship near the witness fire.
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 38173-38184
quote_or_summary: Sugriva describes true friends as constant in woe and danger and
willing to share riches, homes, and happiness.
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 38185-38210
quote_or_summary: Sugriva sees a Sal tree, tears a leafy bough for seats for himself
and Rama, and Hanuman brings a bough so Lakshman may rest; the scene is on a mountain
brow.
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 38211-38222
quote_or_summary: Sugriva says Bali's might oppresses him, he mourns his distant
consort, wanders on Rishyamuka mountain, and asks Rama to deliver him from Bali.
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 38223-38242
quote_or_summary: Rama says the best fruit of friendship is helping a friend in
need and promises that his feathered, golden-emblemed, snake-like shafts will
make Bali fall.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 38243-38265
quote_or_summary: Sugriva praises Rama as friend, says life is not dearer than Rama
since they met by the witness fire and set hand in hand, and prepares to tell
his woes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 38266-38274
quote_or_summary: Sugriva's speech is broken by sobs and tears; he restrains his
grief, wipes his eyes, and resumes more calmly.
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 only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are conservative;
some broader epic context, especially regarding the Maithil lady and Sugriva's
consort, is not inferred.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare these patterns to another text, tradition, or motif family beyond the candidate taxonomy mapping.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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