batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l39090-l39196
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l39090-l39196
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto
XII. The Palm Trees.; lines 39090-39196
start: '39090'
end: '39196'
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, Sugriva, Lakshmana, and Vanar allies travel from Rishyamuka toward
Kishkindha. On the way Rama asks about a beautiful grove. Sugriva identifies it
as the former abode of the sacred Seven, describes their austerities and ascent
to heaven, and says the place remains holy and perilous to ordinary creatures.
Rama and Lakshmana bow reverently before continuing to Kishkindha's gate, ready
for battle with Bali.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
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text: Rama travels with Sugriva from Rishyamuka toward Kishkindha, where Bali holds
royal power.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Rama carries a great gold-adorned bow and a pointed arrow.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Sugriva leads the party, with Lakshmana, Nala, Nila, Hanuman, and Tara accompanying
him.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The route passes trees, streams, caverns, bowers, glens, mountains, lotus-bearing
water, birds, deer, elephants, and monkeys.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Rama asks Sugriva to identify a pleasant grove of stately trees.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Sugriva says the grove is a retreat with streams, fruits, roots, and shady
gardens.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Sugriva says the sacred Seven performed vows there, slept in streams, fasted,
lived on air, and after seven hundred years went to heaven.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Sugriva says gods and demons would scarcely dare enter the grove, and that
beasts or birds are not found within its boundary.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Sugriva says sounds of ornaments, song, music, heavenly fragrance, triple
fires, smoke, and vapor are present around the grove.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Rama and Lakshmana bow with joined hands and lowered heads before proceeding
onward.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: The party reaches Kishkindha's gate and stands armed, intent on slaying Bali
in battle.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
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name_or_label: Rama
description: A warrior of Raghu's line who travels toward Kishkindha, asks about
the grove, bows reverently, and stands ready for battle.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sugriva
description: Rama's companion and guide, who leads the party and explains the sacred
grove.
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- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Lakshmana
description: Rama's brother and warrior companion who accompanies the party and
bows reverently at the sacred grove.
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- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Nala
description: A member of the party following Sugriva toward Kishkindha.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Nila
description: A member of the party following Sugriva toward Kishkindha.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Hanuman
description: A lofty-minded member of the Vanar party following Sugriva toward Kishkindha.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Tara
description: A valiant leader of the Vanar race, last in the marching order.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Bali
description: The ruler at Kishkindha, identified as Indra's son and the foeman whom
the armed party intends to slay.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: The sacred Seven
description: A sainted band of hermits who maintained vows in the grove and later
went to heaven.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: armed hero
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama is described holding a great bow and bright pointed arrow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: reverent visitor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama bows with suppliant hand and lowly head at the sacred place.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: guide
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sugriva leads the way toward Kishkindha.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: local informant
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sugriva answers Rama's question and explains the grove's history and holiness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: warrior companion
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Lakshmana accompanies Rama in the armed party and bows with him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: Vanar ally
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: Nala, Nila, Hanuman, and Tara are named among those accompanying Sugriva
and Rama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: Vanar leader
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Tara is called a leader of the Vanar race.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: reigning king
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Bali is said to keep royal state and to reign in Kishkindha.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: foeman
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The armed party stands ready to slay their foeman, identified as Indra's
son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: sainted ascetics
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The Seven maintained vows, practiced austerities, and are to be revered as
holy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sacred grove of trees
literal_form: A wide retreat with stately trees, hanging boughs, streams, fruit,
roots, and shady gardens.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: streams and lotus-bearing water
literal_form: Brooks, rills, crystal flood with lotus, lake, and streams used as
nightly beds by the Seven.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: triple fires
literal_form: Triple fires burning in the grove, with smoke rising in curling spires.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: caverns
literal_form: Dark and deep caverns seen along the route.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: mountain landscape
literal_form: Mountain steep along the route; an elephant is compared to a moving
hill.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: ornament sounds and heavenly fragrance
literal_form: Chimes of anklets, rings, and zones, song, music, and heavenly fragrance
heard or sensed at the grove.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: March from Rishyamuka toward Kishkindha
summary: Rama, Sugriva, Lakshmana, and Vanar allies travel through a richly described
forest and waterside landscape toward Bali's city.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Rama asks about the grove
summary: Rama notices stately trees and asks Sugriva to explain the pleasant grove.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Sugriva recounts the holy Seven's retreat
summary: Sugriva describes the grove as the former abode of the sacred Seven, their
ascetic practices, their departure to heaven, the grove's inaccessibility, and
its continuing ritual signs.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Obeisance and arrival at Kishkindha
summary: Rama and Lakshmana bow reverently to the holy Seven's abode, then the party
continues to Kishkindha's gate ready for battle with Bali.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ascetics ascend to heaven after prolonged austerity
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Sugriva says the sacred Seven maintained vows, fasted, lived on air, and
after seven hundred years went to their homes in heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the heavenly departure but does not narrate the ascent
in detail.
- id: motif:2
label: holy grove retains power of absent saints
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sugriva says the Seven have gone to heaven, yet their glory keeps the garden,
gods and demons scarcely dare enter, and reverence to them prevents woe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents the grove's sanctity literally; broader motif classification
requires comparison beyond the excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: perilous sacred boundary
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sugriva says beasts and birds are not found within the grove and those that
stray there do not find their way home.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The exact mechanism of the danger is not explained in the passage.
- id: motif:4
label: ritual reverence before entering or passing a holy place
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sugriva instructs Rama and Lakshmana to bow with fixed heart and suppliant
hand, and they perform obeisance before continuing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage concerns reverence near the abode, not necessarily entry into
it.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 39090-39108
quote_or_summary: Rama goes with Sugriva from Rishyamuka toward Kishkindha, armed
with bow and arrow; Sugriva leads with Lakshmana, Nala, Nila, Hanuman, and Tara
accompanying; Bali is in royal state at Kishkindha.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 39109-39140
quote_or_summary: The travelers see trees, brooks, rills, caverns, glens, mountains,
lotus water, birds, deer, an elephant, monkeys, and other forest creatures.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 39141-39150
quote_or_summary: "“I fain, my friend, would learn from thee / What pleasant grove
is that I see.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation supplied.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 39155-39160
quote_or_summary: Sugriva identifies the grove as a wide retreat with bright streams,
fruit, roots, and shady gardens.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 39161-39170
quote_or_summary: The sacred Seven maintained vows there, placed their heads in
dust, slept in streams, ate only every seventh night, lived on air, and after
seven hundred years went to heaven.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 39171-39178
quote_or_summary: The Seven's glory still keeps the grove; gods and demons scarcely
dare enter, and no beast or bird is found there, while straying creatures do not
return home.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 39179-39190
quote_or_summary: Sugriva describes chimes of ornaments, song, music, heavenly fragrance,
triple fires, curling smoke, and vapors enveloping the trees.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 39191-39196
quote_or_summary: Sugriva instructs Rama and Lakshmana to bow reverently to the
holy Seven; Rama and his brother do so, then proceed to Kishkindha's gate and
stand armed, ready to fight Bali, Indra's son.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The main actions, figures, and setting are explicit. Motif labels are conservative
and based only on the passage; no comparison claims were made because the passage
does not itself compare traditions.
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. Taxonomy references were limited to available refs and only applied where directly supported by literal passage content.
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