batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l40574-l40724
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l40574-l40724
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 40574-40724
start: '40574'
end: '40724'
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: After Bāli's death, Sugríva approaches Ráma in grief and remorse, saying
he cannot rejoice in kingship while Tárá, Angad, and the people mourn. He recalls
Bāli's former restraint toward him and compares his own guilt to Indra's slaying
of Viśvarúpa. Ráma counsels that grief cannot restore the dead, that Fate governs
events, and that Bāli has won a warrior's heaven. Lakshmaṇ instructs Sugríva to
perform the funeral rites with Tárá and Angad, including preparing wood, sandal,
wreaths, garments, oils, perfumes, and bearers for the litter.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sugríva sees the queen's mourning and goes to Ráma, who is holding his bow
and an arrow compared to a venomed snake.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Sugríva tells Ráma that he has kept his vow and that the promised result has
been obtained.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Sugríva says he cannot take joy in reigning while the queen, the people, and
Angad mourn Bāli.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Sugríva recalls that Bāli had once spared him, struck him with a splintered
tree, and told him to sin no more, while Sugríva had sought Bāli's life in anger.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Sugríva compares his guilt to Indra's sin in striking down Viśvarúpa and says
earth, the seas, women, and trees took up that sin for Indra.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Ráma says grief cannot raise the dead and urges that the funeral duty not
be neglected.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Ráma states that Fate governs lives, words, deeds, and the course of the world.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Ráma says Bāli has died and reached heaven because of noble conduct and warrior
duty.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Lakshmaṇ tells Sugríva to perform Bāli's funeral rites with Tárá and her son,
preparing dried wood, sandal, wreaths, garments, oil, perfumes, and a litter with
strong bearers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sugríva
description: Vánar who mourns Bāli, speaks of guilt over his brother's death, and
is addressed as the new king responsible for funeral rites.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ráma / Raghu's son
description: Keeps his vow to Sugríva, holds a bow and arrow, and counsels the mourners
about grief, Fate, and Bāli's afterlife.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Báli / Bāli
description: Slain brother of Sugríva, husband of the mourning queen, father of
Angad, described by Ráma as a heroic warrior now glorified in heaven.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Tárá
description: Queen associated with mourning Bāli and with the performance of his
funeral rites.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Angad
description: Son of Bāli who weeps for his father and is to help supply items for
the funeral rites.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: Brother of Ráma who addresses Sugríva with soothing words and gives
instructions for Bāli's funeral rites.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Indra
description: Deity invoked by Sugríva as having incurred sin by striking down Viśvarúpa.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Viśvarúpa
description: Heavenly being whom Indra is said to have struck down.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: remorseful brother
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sugríva speaks of Bāli as his brother and laments his fall as a crushing
sin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: new ruler under moral strain
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sugríva questions how he can delight in or dare to reign after his brother's
death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: funeral-duty bearer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Lakshmaṇ instructs Sugríva to perform the service of the dead and prepare
Bāli's rites.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: vow-keeper and slayer's ally
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sugríva says Ráma has kept his vow and obtained the promised fruit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: grief counselor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ráma speaks to ease grief and explains funeral duty, Fate, and Bāli's heavenly
reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: slain brother
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Bāli is repeatedly described as Sugríva's slain brother whose death causes
mourning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: heroic dead warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Ráma says Bāli fulfilled warrior duty, died, and is glorified in heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: mourning queen and ritual participant
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Tárá is linked to the queen's lament and is named as one who should help
prepare the rites.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: mourning son
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Angad weeps for his father and is named in the funeral preparations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: ritual instructor
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Lakshmaṇ gives detailed instructions for Bāli's funeral rites.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:11
label: divine precedent for sin
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Sugríva cites Indra's blow against Viśvarúpa as an example of sin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:12
label: slain heavenly being
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Viśvarúpa is described as heavenly and laid low by Indra's blow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: venomed-snake arrow
literal_form: Ráma's arrow is compared to a venomed snake.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: splintered tree weapon
literal_form: A splintered tree with which Bāli struck Sugríva in the recalled earlier
conflict.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: earth, seas, women, and trees bearing sin
literal_form: Sugríva says earth, the waters of the seas, women, and trees took
the weight of Indra's sin.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: funeral wood and sandal
literal_form: Dried funeral wood and rich sandal are to be prepared for Bāli's pyre.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: floods of sorrow
literal_form: Sugríva describes sorrow as floods and as descending rain gathering
in a deep hollow.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Sugríva's remorse before Ráma
summary: Sugríva approaches Ráma after seeing the mourning caused by Bāli's death
and says that kingship brings him no joy because his brother has fallen and his
family grieves.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Mythic comparison of guilt
summary: Sugríva likens the weight of his own sin to Indra's slaying of Viśvarúpa
and notes that natural and social classes bore Indra's sin, while he sees no such
relief for himself.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Ráma's consolation and doctrine of Fate
summary: Ráma tells the mourners that grief cannot restore the dead, that funeral
rites must be performed, that Fate rules all actions, and that Bāli has attained
heaven as a warrior.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Lakshmaṇ's funeral instructions
summary: Lakshmaṇ tells Sugríva to rise, perform Bāli's rites with Tárá and Angad,
console Angad, and prepare the pyre, offerings, and bearers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: remorse after a brother's death
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sugríva laments that he sought his brother's life, cannot enjoy kingship,
and feels crushed by the sin of Bāli's fall.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents remorse and kinship guilt, but does not itself frame
it as a formal named motif.
- id: motif:2
label: royal legitimacy troubled by kin-slaying
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Sugríva questions whether he may claim royal honor or reign after the death
of his brother and the mourning of the royal family.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage focuses more on grief and guilt than on a formal accession
ritual or public legitimation.
- id: motif:3
label: sin transferred to bearers in the natural and social world
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Sugríva recalls Indra's sin and says earth, sea waters, women, and trees
took its weight for Indra's sake.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The transfer is cited as a precedent within Sugríva's speech; the passage
does not narrate the full myth or mechanism.
- id: motif:4
label: Fate as universal ruler of action and death
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Ráma teaches that Fate governs lives, words, deeds, and the ordered course
of the world, and that none can check it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: low
cautions: The available taxonomy term is approximate; the passage speaks of Fate
rather than a judging deity.
- id: motif:5
label: heroic death rewarded in heaven
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ráma says Bāli died true to warrior duty and now sits glorified in heaven
among the brave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference precisely matches heroic afterlife in
this passage.
- id: motif:6
label: funeral duty following lamentation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ráma and Lakshmaṇ redirect grief toward the required funeral rites and enumerate
the materials and actions for Bāli's pyre.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives practical ritual directions but does not explain their
symbolic meaning.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Sugríva explicitly compares the moral weight of Bāli's death to Indra's sin
in killing Viśvarúpa, using the older divine episode as a precedent for guilt
and its possible transfer or bearing by others.
claim_level: same_function
target: Indra's slaying of Viśvarúpa and the bearing of sin by earth, sea waters,
women, and trees
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is internal to Sugríva's speech and rhetorical; the
passage does not establish historical contact, common inheritance, or the full
narrative context of the Indra-Viśvarúpa episode.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 40574-40586
quote_or_summary: Sugríva sees the queen weeping, is moved to tears, and goes to
Ráma, who holds a mighty bow and an arrow compared to a venomed snake.
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 40587-40604
quote_or_summary: Sugríva says Ráma has kept his vow, but he cannot delight in ruling
while the queen, the people, and Angad mourn Bāli's death.
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 40605-40630
quote_or_summary: Sugríva recalls Bāli sparing him, striking him with a splintered
tree, bidding him sin no more, and keeping brotherly duty, while Sugríva acted
from hate and sought Bāli's life.
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 40631-40662
quote_or_summary: Sugríva describes his brother's fate as a crushing sin, compares
it to Indra's slaying of Viśvarúpa, says earth, sea waters, women, and trees bore
Indra's sin, and asks who will relieve his own burden.
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 40663-40678
quote_or_summary: Ráma seeks to ease the grief of the mourners, saying that grief
cannot raise the dead and that they must not neglect the funeral task.
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 40679-40702
quote_or_summary: Ráma teaches that Fate is the preeminent lord, governing life,
word, deed, and the ordered course of the world, and cannot be stopped by kin,
power, friends, or charms.
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 40703-40716
quote_or_summary: Ráma says Bāli has died, won a heavenly reward for noble deeds
and warrior duty, and reached the glorious fate warriors count fortunate.
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 40717-40724
quote_or_summary: Lakshmaṇ tells Sugríva to rise, perform Bāli's rites with Tárá
and her son, provide dried funeral wood, sandal, wreaths, garments, oil, perfumes,
and arrange strong chiefs to carry the litter.
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: medium
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy
matches are partly approximate because the available taxonomy lacks exact entries
for remorseful fratricidal guilt, mortuary duty, Fate, and heroic afterlife.
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: |-
All evidence is drawn only from the provided passage and metadata.
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