batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l40397-l40571
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l40397-l40571
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 40397-40571
start: '40397'
end: '40571'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“Gone is my bliss, my glory: I / And Angad now with thee will die.”"
summary: After Báli dies, the Vánars lament their fallen lord. Tárá embraces and
mourns her husband’s body, speaks of widowhood, the fatal shaft, Sugríva’s gain,
Báli’s journey to Yáma’s halls, and asks Angad to salute his dead father. Níla
removes the shaft from Báli’s body, blood pours from the wound, and Tárá declares
that she and Angad will die with Báli.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Báli dies after anguish; his spirit leaves his body.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Vánars cry out that their lord and leader is dead and that Kishkindhá
is desolate.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The Vánars recall Báli’s former long battle with Golabh the Gandharva, ending
in Golabh’s fall.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Tárá falls beside Báli’s body and is compared to a creeper clinging to a fallen
tree.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Tárá kisses and embraces Báli’s lifeless body and laments that he lies on
the ground instead of responding to her.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Tárá identifies herself as a desolate widow after the death of her husband.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Tárá says Sugríva has gained what he wished because Ráma shot one shaft and
freed him from fear.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: A massive dart is described as buried in Báli’s bleeding heart, preventing
Tárá from resting her head on his breast.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Níla draws the fatal shaft from Báli’s body; the shaft is compared to a serpent,
and a gleam of flame issues from it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Blood rushes from Báli’s wound in a crimson stream compared to torrents down
a mountain side.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Tárá tells Angad to look upon and salute his father, saying Báli is borne
to Yáma’s halls.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Angad presses his father’s feet with his arms and hands and speaks to him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Tárá speaks of a golden chain given to Báli by the Immortals’ King.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: Tárá says that she and Angad will die with Báli.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Báli
description: Dead Vánar king, lord and leader of the Vánars, formerly victorious
in battle and now slain by Ráma’s shaft.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Tárá
description: Báli’s wife, mourning beside his body and speaking a lament.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:14
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Angad
description: Child of Tárá and Báli, weeping and saluting his dead father’s feet.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:14
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Vánar chiefs and crowd
description: The Vánar followers who lament Báli’s death and stand near his body.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Níla
description: The figure who draws the fatal shaft from Báli’s bosom.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sugríva
description: Named by Tárá as the one who gains his wishes and is freed from fear
by Ráma’s shaft.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Named as the shooter of the shaft that killed Báli.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Yáma
description: Named in Tárá’s statement that Báli is borne to Yáma’s halls.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Immortals’ King
description: The divine giver of Báli’s golden chain, according to Tárá.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Golabh the Gandharva
description: Former opponent defeated by Báli after a long conflict.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: fallen king and leader
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Vánars call Báli their king, lord, and leader after his death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: renowned warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The lament recalls Báli’s former fifteen-year conflict with Golabh and Tárá
calls him bold and victorious.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: mourning wife and widow
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Tárá embraces Báli’s body, laments him as husband, and calls herself a widow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: grieving son
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Angad weeps, is told to salute his father, and presses Báli’s feet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: mourning followers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Vánars shriek, weep, and lament their dead chief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: remover of the fatal shaft
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Níla draws the fatal shaft from Báli’s bosom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: beneficiary of Báli’s death
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Tárá says Sugríva gained his wishes and was freed from fear when Ráma shot
the shaft.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: slayer by shaft
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Tárá says Ráma shot the single shaft that killed Báli.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: lord of the halls of the dead
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Tárá says Báli is borne to Yáma’s halls.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: divine giver of royal ornament
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Tárá says the Immortals’ King gave Báli a golden chain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:11
label: former defeated opponent
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The Vánars recall that Golabh fell beneath Báli after a long conflict.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fatal shaft
literal_form: The dart or shaft lodged in Báli’s heart and later drawn from his
bosom.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: serpent-like shaft
literal_form: The fatal shaft compared to a tremendous serpent asleep in hill caverns.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: flame from the shaft
literal_form: A gleam of flame shoots from the shaft as it is removed.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: fallen tree and clinging creeper image
literal_form: Tárá is compared to a young creeper clinging around a tall tree prostrate
on the ground.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: crimson blood stream
literal_form: Báli’s blood rushing from the wound like torrents down a mountain
side.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: golden chain
literal_form: Báli’s bright beloved chain of gold, said to have been given by the
Immortals’ King.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:7
label: Yáma’s halls
literal_form: The destination to which Tárá says Báli is borne after death.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Death of Báli and public lament
summary: Báli dies, and the Vánars mourn their dead king, describing Kishkindhá
as desolate and recalling his former victory over Golabh.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Tárá’s embrace and widow’s lament
summary: Tárá falls beside Báli, kisses and embraces his lifeless body, laments
his failure to heed her, and names herself a desolate widow.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Fatal shaft removed
summary: Tárá speaks of the dart in Báli’s heart; Níla removes it, flame gleams
from the shaft, and blood pours from the wound.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:4
label: Angad salutes the dead father
summary: Tárá tells Angad to look at and salute Báli, who is said to be borne to
Yáma’s halls; Angad presses his father’s feet and speaks to him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: scene:5
label: Final declaration of shared death
summary: Tárá recalls Báli’s golden chain, says he would not listen to her warnings,
and declares that she and Angad will die with him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: lament over the fallen warrior-king
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Vánars and Tárá mourn Báli as dead lord, leader, husband, and victorious
warrior.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: This label is descriptive and not tied to an available taxonomy reference.
- id: motif:2
label: widow’s lament beside the body
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Tárá kisses and embraces Báli’s lifeless body, calls herself a widow, and
laments the loss of her husband.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No broader cross-cultural claim is made.
- id: motif:3
label: battle figured as sacrifice
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Tárá explicitly calls the deadly fight an awful rite and a sacrifice, with
Ráma’s shaft taking the place of water shed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The passage uses sacrificial language metaphorically within a lament;
the extraction does not infer a literal ritual sacrifice.
- id: motif:4
label: journey of the dead to Yáma’s halls
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: Tárá says Báli is borne to Yáma’s halls after his death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives only a brief destination statement, not an extended
map or journey narrative.
- id: motif:5
label: child salutes dead parent
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Angad, at Tárá’s command, presses his dead father’s feet and addresses him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: low
cautions: The parent-child relation is literal but not divine in the passage; the
available taxonomy reference is only a partial fit.
- id: motif:6
label: death with the beloved
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Tárá declares that she and Angad will die with Báli.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage records the declaration but does not show the action being
carried out within the supplied range.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 40397-40400
quote_or_summary: Báli’s eyes roll in anguish, his teeth are bared, and his spirit
leaves his frame.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 40401-40408
quote_or_summary: The Vánars cry that their king has sought the skies and that desolate
Kishkindhá lies empty.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized with minimal quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 40409-40422
quote_or_summary: The Vánars recall Báli’s long conflict with Golabh the Gandharva,
ending after the fifteenth year when Golabh fell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 40423-40436
quote_or_summary: Tárá falls beside Báli, “Like a young creeper clinging round /
A tall tree prostrate on the ground.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 40437-40461
quote_or_summary: Tárá kisses and clasps Báli’s lifeless face and head, laments
that he lies on the cold hard ground, and calls to him to awake.
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 40462-40489
quote_or_summary: Tárá laments that as a warrior’s wife she is now a desolate widow,
bereft of hope, and mourns Báli as husband, friend, lord, and victorious warrior.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 40498-40501
quote_or_summary: "“Sugríva” has gained his wishes, “For Ráma shot one shaft” and
freed him from fear."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 40502-40505
quote_or_summary: Tárá cannot rest her head on Báli’s wounded breast because the
massive dart is buried deep in his bleeding heart.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: lines 40506-40513
quote_or_summary: Níla draws out the fatal shaft, compared to “some tremendous serpent”;
a gleam of flame shoots from it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 40514-40517
quote_or_summary: A full stream of Báli’s blood rushes from the wound like torrents
down a mountain side dyed with ores.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 40518-40529
quote_or_summary: Tárá brushes battle dust from Báli’s hair, tells Angad to look
at his father, says Báli is borne to Yáma’s halls, and instructs the child to
salute the king.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 40530-40533
quote_or_summary: Angad obeys, presses his father’s feet with arms and hands, and
says that Angad stands there.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 40546-40553
quote_or_summary: Tárá asks why she no longer sees Báli’s golden chain, given around
his neck by the Immortals’ King, and sees royal pride lingering on his dead face.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: quote
locator: lines 40554-40562
quote_or_summary: Tárá says Báli did not heed her prayers and concludes, “I / And
Angad now with thee will die.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:15
type: quote
locator: lines 40540-40545
quote_or_summary: Tárá calls the fight “The sacrifice of deadly fight,” with Ráma’s
shaft supplying the place of water shed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is explicit about death, lament, the fatal shaft, Angad’s salute,
Yáma’s halls, and sacrificial metaphor. Broader motif taxonomy links are cautious
because available taxonomy refs only partly cover the passage’s main lament motifs.
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: |-
Only supplied passage text and metadata were used. No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself support historical or cross-textual comparison beyond internal motif labeling.
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