batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l40241-l40395
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l40241-l40395
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees.
/ Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 40241-40395
start: '40241'
end: '40395'
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: A speaker counsels Tárá to restrain grief, perform Báli’s rites, and recognize
Angad as heir. Tárá refuses rule and says Sugríva should be supreme. The dying
Báli addresses Sugríva, attributes events to Fate, yields the kingdom, asks him
to protect Angad, advises respect for Tárá’s prophetic counsel, urges fidelity
to the son of Raghu, and gives him a celestial gold chain. Sugríva is moved with
remorse and accepts the chain. Báli then counsels Angad to obey Sugríva and keep
moderation in conduct.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The opening counsel states that joy and sorrow arise from former deeds and
urges calm acceptance of death.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The same counsel urges that funeral rites be performed and identifies Angad
as his father’s rightful heir.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Tárá says she claims no rule over Angad or the realm and states that Sugríva,
as uncle, must be supreme in every act.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Báli lies on the ground still breathing faintly and speaks clearly to Sugríva
before death.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Báli attributes the brothers’ conflict to Fate and tells Sugríva that the
Vánar kingdom is now his.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Báli says he must go at Yáma’s call to Yáma’s gloomy hall.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Báli asks Sugríva to guard Angad as his own son, serving as father, helper,
friend, and guide.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Báli describes Tárá as able to read obscure lore, divine boding signs, and
see things to come.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Báli warns Sugríva not to breach faith with the son of Raghu.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Báli gives Sugríva a gold chain described as an old celestial gift whose charm
and power would vanish at Báli’s death if not taken.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Sugríva is moved by remorse and pity, loses his sense of triumph, and takes
the chain as Báli requested.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Báli advises Angad to be strong in sorrow, meek in joy, obedient to Sugríva,
loyal to Sugríva’s welfare, and moderate in requests.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hanumán
description: The addressee of Tárá’s reply after a counsel concerning rites, succession,
and grief.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Tárá
description: Widowed wife of Báli and mother of Angad; she refuses authority over
the realm and is later described by Báli as skilled in reading signs and foreseeing
events.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Báli
description: Dying Vánar king, brother of Sugríva, father of Angad, and husband
of Tárá; he yields the realm, transfers a gold chain, and gives final counsel.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sugríva
description: Báli’s brother and successor; he is addressed as king, asked to protect
Angad, and receives Báli’s gold chain.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Angad
description: Son of Báli and Tárá, described as rightful heir and a grieving child
whom Sugríva is asked to protect.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Yáma
description: The death-associated figure whose call Báli says he must answer and
whose gloomy hall he must enter.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: son of Raghu
description: A figure for whose sake Báli urges Sugríva to undertake toil and danger
and not breach faith.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: counsel-giver in mourning and succession
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Tárá’s reply identifies Hanumán as the one whose preceding speech urged rites,
succession, and restraint of grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: widow and mother
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Tárá calls Báli her slain lord, refers to Angad, and speaks from the position
of a widowed dame.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: dying king and father
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Báli is dying, speaks of losing life, realm, and kingly power, and asks care
for his son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: successor and brother
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Báli addresses Sugríva as brother and tells him the Vánar realm is his to
rule.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: son and heir
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The passage identifies Angad as the child of Báli and as his father’s rightful
heir.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: reader of signs and adviser
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Báli says Tárá can interpret boding signs and that Sugríva should not despise
her warning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: giver of final instructions
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Báli gives instructions to Sugríva and Angad before death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: guardian requested for bereaved child
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Báli asks Sugríva to guard Angad as his own and be father, helper, friend,
and guide.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: lord or power associated with death
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Báli says he goes at Yáma’s call to Yáma’s gloomy hall.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: bond-holder requiring fidelity
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Báli warns Sugríva to undertake toil and danger for the son of Raghu and
not breach faith.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: funeral rites
literal_form: needful rites and solemnities for the dead king
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: throne and realm
literal_form: Angad on his father’s throne; the Vánar realm passing to Sugríva
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Yáma’s gloomy hall
literal_form: after-death destination named as Yáma’s hall
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: gold chain of celestial origin
literal_form: chain of gold, gift of celestial hands, carrying charm and might
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: boding signs
literal_form: signs whose mysteries Tárá can divine
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Counsel after Báli’s fall
summary: A speaker urges Tárá to restrain grief, accept the law of birth and death,
arrange the funeral rites, and look to Angad’s succession.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Tárá refuses rule
summary: Tárá replies that touching her slain lord is sweeter than power and that
Sugríva, not she, should rule as uncle.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Báli’s final charge to Sugríva
summary: The dying Báli speaks to Sugríva, accepts Fate, yields the kingdom, speaks
of going to Yáma, asks protection for Angad, praises Tárá’s counsel, urges fidelity
to the son of Raghu, and gives a gold chain.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Sugríva’s remorse and acceptance of chain
summary: Sugríva is overcome by pity and remorse and takes the chain according to
Báli’s request.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Báli’s counsel to Angad
summary: Báli turns to Angad and instructs him to endure changing fortunes, obey
Sugríva, remain loyal, and follow a mean between excessive demands and silence.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Former deeds shaping present fate
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage explicitly teaches that bliss and woe flow from former worth
and folly, using the image of fruits from seeds of former deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: This is a doctrinal statement in the speech rather than an extended narrative
episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Royal succession and legitimating transfer of rule
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The passage identifies Angad as rightful heir, has Tárá defer to Sugríva’s
authority, and has Báli tell Sugríva to begin rightful rule over the Vánar realm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: 'The passage contains overlapping claims: Angad is called heir, while
Sugríva receives immediate kingship.'
- id: motif:3
label: Dying ruler’s final charge
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Báli, dying on the ground, gives last instructions concerning kingdom, son,
wife’s counsel, alliance obligations, and conduct.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No external taxonomy reference is asserted beyond the literal deathbed-instruction
pattern.
- id: motif:4
label: Sibling conflict resolved at death
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Báli addresses Sugríva as brother, says Fate prevented their simultaneous
happiness, yields power, and asks Sugríva to protect his son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The larger conflict is only summarized within the death speech; the passage
does not narrate the original dispute.
- id: motif:5
label: Journey to the realm of death
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: Báli says he must leave life, realm, and power and go at Yáma’s call to Yáma’s
gloomy hall.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage names an afterlife destination but does not map stages of
an afterlife journey.
- id: motif:6
label: Celestial token transferred before death
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Báli gives Sugríva a gold chain, described as a gift from celestial hands,
warning that its charm and might will be lost if it remains with him at death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage supports a sacred or empowered transfer, but the precise ritual
status of the chain is not further explained.
- id: motif:7
label: Prophetic female counselor
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Báli says Tárá can read obscure lore, interpret boding signs, foresee things
to come, and should be heeded.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage reports her ability but does not show a prediction being fulfilled
within this excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 40241-40265
quote_or_summary: A counsel states that present joy and sorrow arise from former
deeds, urges calm, calls for funeral rites, and names Angad as his father’s rightful
heir.
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 40266-40283
quote_or_summary: Tárá replies to Hanumán that touching her slain lord is dearer
than rule; she claims no authority over Angad or the realm and says Sugríva must
be supreme.
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 40284-40309
quote_or_summary: Báli lies dying, looks at Sugríva, attributes events to Fate,
yields the Vánar realm, and says he must go at Yáma’s call to Yáma’s gloomy hall.
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 40310-40335
quote_or_summary: Báli asks Sugríva to protect Angad as his own, praises Angad’s
future prowess, describes Tárá’s skill in signs and foresight, urges fidelity
to the son of Raghu, and offers his gold chain.
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 40336-40347
quote_or_summary: Sugríva is stirred by sorrow, remorse, and pity; his triumph fades,
and he obeys Báli by taking the chain.
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 40348-40395
quote_or_summary: Báli fixes his eye on Angad and counsels him to endure sorrow
and joy properly, obey Sugríva, avoid Sugríva’s enemies, seek his welfare, and
follow moderation in requests.
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: The narrative actions and speeches are explicit. Motif labels are cautious
and limited to patterns supported by the supplied passage and available taxonomy
references. No comparison claims are made because the excerpt itself does not
develop cross-textual comparison.
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; all interpretive items cite internal evidence IDs.
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