batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l41299-l41435
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l41299-l41435
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge. / Canto XXVI. The
Coronation. / Canto XXVIII. The Rains.; lines 41299-41435
start: '41299'
end: '41435'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“Up! and with Raghu’s son renew / The search for Sítá lost to view.”"
summary: An unnamed speaker urges Sugriva to honor his friendship and promise to
Rama by organizing the search for Sita. Sugriva orders Nila to gather the Vanara
hosts and warns against delay. In the autumn night Rama grieves on a mountain
height for the absent Sita, and Lakshmana returns to find him overwhelmed with
sorrow.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: An unnamed speaker tells Sugriva that his realm and fame have been advanced
and that he should aid the friends who helped him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker urges Sugriva to renew the search for Sita with Rama and to command
Vanara captains to assist.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker says Rama restored Sugriva's realm and life and is waiting to
see Sugriva redeem his promise.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Sugriva commands Nila to collect distant armed hosts, chiefs, captains, and
armies guarding the quarters.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Sugriva declares that any Vanara who delays more than fifteen days in gathering
will die for negligent delay.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Rama stands or sits on a mountain height during a clear autumn night under
moonlight.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Rama thinks Sugriva is devoted to pleasure and negligent, thinks of Sita as
separated from him, and grieves over the passing opportunity.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Rama hears birds and laments aloud for Sita, imagining how she may see trees,
flowers, birds, lakes, hills, streams, and groves while looking for him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Lakshmana returns from the berry-bearing copses to the cavern and finds Rama
drowned in sorrow.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Unnamed speaker
description: The speaker whose counsel urges Sugriva to assist Rama and resume the
search for Sita.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sugriva
description: The Vanara king addressed as lord of Vanaras; he hears the counsel
and gives commands to Nila.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Rama / Raghu's son / Dasaratha's son
description: The hero who helped Sugriva, waits for Sugriva's promised aid, and
later laments for Sita on the mountain height.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sita / Janak's child
description: Rama's absent beloved, described as lost from view and torn from his
arms.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Nila
description: A prompt and brave Vanara to whom Sugriva gives orders to summon the
hosts.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Vanara hosts and captains
description: The armed Vanara forces and chiefs to be collected for Sugriva's command
and Rama's search.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lakshmana
description: Rama's brother who returns from the copses to the cavern and sees Rama
overwhelmed with sorrow.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: counselor urging fulfillment of obligation
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker advises Sugriva to repay Rama's aid and send commands for the
search.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: king bound by promise and friendship
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sugriva is told to aid the friend who restored his realm and life and to
redeem his promise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: commander of Vanara forces
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sugriva orders Nila to gather armies and captains.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: benefactor ally
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Rama is said to have risked his life, fought for Sugriva, and restored his
realm and life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: grieving separated husband
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Rama laments for his absent love Sita and is found drowned in sorrow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: absent beloved sought by allies
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Sita is described as lost to view, separated from Rama, and the object of
the renewed search.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: messenger and organizer of hosts
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Nila is commanded to collect distant hosts, chiefs, and captains.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: search force
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The Vanaras are to sweep through heaven, seas, and land in the search.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: compassionate brother-witness
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Lakshmana returns, finds Rama sorrowing, pities him, and speaks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mountain height
literal_form: mountain peak or height where Rama grieves at night
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: autumn night and clear moon
literal_form: clear autumn night, cloudless sky, moonlight on hills
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: trees and flowering landscape
literal_form: bright trees with flowers of gold, groves, copses, berries
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: waters in remembered landscape
literal_form: lake, stream, sea, and rains mentioned in the search and lament imagery
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: birds calling to mates
literal_form: Saras cry and other birds singing to their mates
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: cavern
literal_form: cavern to which Lakshmana returns and where he finds Rama sorrowing
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Counsel to repay Rama's aid
summary: An unnamed speaker urges Sugriva to fulfill the duty of friendship, repay
Rama's help, and order the search for Sita across earth, sky, sea, and other realms.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Sugriva commands the mustering of Vanara forces
summary: Sugriva orders Nila to gather armed Vanara hosts, chiefs, captains, and
regional forces, and sets a severe penalty for delayed assembly.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Rama's autumn mountain lament
summary: On a clear moonlit autumn night on a mountain height, Rama grieves for
Sita, reflects on Sugriva's negligence, and laments while observing birds and
the natural scene.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Lakshmana finds Rama sorrowing
summary: Lakshmana returns from berry-bearing copses to the cavern and finds Rama
overwhelmed by sorrow.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: search for the stolen or lost beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The passage repeatedly identifies Sita as lost or absent and calls for a
renewed search through earth, skies, sea, and other realms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate the original abduction within this excerpt;
it presents the aftermath and search.
- id: motif:2
label: promise-bound ally repays rescue with military aid
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Sugriva is urged to repay Rama, who restored his realm and life, by honoring
his vow and mobilizing forces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is framed as friendship, honor, and vow rather than an explicitly
ritual exchange in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: restored kingship creates obligation
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The speaker says Sugriva's realm, name, and house have been advanced, and
that he must now act as king by aiding his benefactor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The restoration of Sugriva's kingship is referred to but not fully narrated
in this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: seasonal turn marks renewed action and longing
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: Rama's lament occurs in autumn after delay, and the clear autumn setting
intensifies his grief and urgency about the missed opportunity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes emotional and temporal setting; broader seasonal-cycle
interpretation would need surrounding cantos.
- id: motif:5
label: grieving hero on mountain height
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama mourns for Sita from a moonlit mountain height and is later found overwhelmed
by sorrow in the cavern area.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly matches this motif except the literal
mountain symbol.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 41299-41358
quote_or_summary: An unnamed speaker tells Sugriva that his kingdom and fame have
risen, urges him to honor friendship and his vow, repay Rama who restored his
realm and life, and send captains to renew the search for Sita across earth, sky,
sea, and other realms.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 41359-41377
quote_or_summary: Sugriva hears the counsel and commands Nila to gather distant
hosts, chiefs, regional armies, and captains; any Vanara who fails to gather within
fifteen days is threatened with death for negligence.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 41378-41400
quote_or_summary: In Canto XXX, Rama stands or sits on a moonlit autumn mountain
height, grieves for Sita, thinks Sugriva is pleasure-bent and negligent, and mourns
the passing opportunity.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 41401-41429
quote_or_summary: Rama hears birds and laments for Sita, imagining her among bright
flowering trees, glens, birds singing to mates, lakes, hills, streams, and groves,
while he finds no joy in the scene without her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 41430-41435
quote_or_summary: Lakshmana returns from berry-bearing copses to the cavern, finds
Rama overwhelmed by sorrow, pities him, and begins to speak.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is based only on the provided passage. Motif candidates
use the supplied taxonomy where directly or cautiously supported. No comparison
claims are made because the passage itself does not compare traditions or motif
families beyond its own narrative pattern.
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: |-
Line subranges are approximate divisions within the supplied stable passage range.
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