batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l41437-l41535
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l41437-l41535
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 41437-41535
start: '41437'
end: '41535'
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: Lakshmaṇ urges the grieving son of Raghu to act. The son of Raghu replies
that the rainy season has ended, recalls Sítá’s separation and devotion, accuses
Sugríva of neglecting his promised aid, and sends Lakshmaṇ to rebuke Sugríva with
a warning that he may share Báli’s fate if he breaks his oath.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A brother urges the son of Raghu not to yield to despair and asks what enemy
could keep the Maithil lady long.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The son of Raghu says Indra has sent rain, clouds have shed their burden on
the earth, and the rainy months have passed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage marks a transition from four months of flood and rain to autumn
scenes of blooms, swans, streams, and kings rushing to battle.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The son of Raghu says Sítá is separated from him and remembers that she stayed
beside him during exile in Daṇḍak wood.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The son of Raghu accuses Sugríva of sloth, pleasure, lack of pity, and neglect
of action after his own hopes have succeeded.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: obs:6
text: The son of Raghu says Sugríva promised to lend aid when the rains ended, but
the months have passed and he still delays.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Lakshmaṇ is commanded to go to Sugríva’s palace as envoy and rebuke the king
for delayed help.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The rebuke states that one who breaks a pledged promise after awakening hope
in a supplicant is vile, while the noble keep their sworn words.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The son of Raghu describes his battle bow as gold-backed, lightning-like,
and thunderous.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The warning to Sugríva says the path taken by Báli remains open, and that
if Sugríva strays from truth, he and his kin may be slain.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: son of Raghu
description: The grieving speaker who has lost Sítá, recalls Sugríva’s promise,
and sends Lakshmaṇ to confront him.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: The brother addressed by the son of Raghu and sent to Sugríva as envoy.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sítá / Maithil lady
description: The separated wife or beloved whom the son of Raghu says was severed
from his side and who had followed him in exile.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sugríva
description: The Vánar king accused of sloth, pleasure, and forgetting a pledged
promise of aid after the rains.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: The figure whose mightier arm is said to oppress the dispossessed exile.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Báli
description: The one previously slain by a shaft; his path is invoked as a warning
to Sugríva.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Indra
description: The thousand-eyed lord said to have sent sweet rain from the firmament.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: grieving separated husband or beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He says Sítá is severed from his side and that the months seemed long to
him in trouble.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: commander of envoy
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He instructs Lakshmaṇ to go to Sugríva’s palace and speak a rebuke.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: envoy and brother
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He is addressed as brother and sent to speak to Sugríva.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: separated beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: She is called the Maithil lady and Sítá, and is described as separated from
the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: threatening oath-enforcer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He commands that Sugríva be warned to keep his pledged word or face death
like Báli.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: delaying ally
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: He promised aid after the rains but is said to remain in pleasure and sloth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: Vánar king
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage calls him the Vánar king and monarch addressed by the envoy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: oppressor
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The speaker says he is oppressed by Rávaṇ’s mightier arm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: slain predecessor or warning example
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage recalls that a shaft struck Báli alone and uses his path as a
warning to Sugríva.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: rain-sending deity
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Indra is said to have sent rain from the firmament.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: rain and flood season
literal_form: Rain from the firmament, clouds, flood, stream, and the end of four
rainy months.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: autumn signs after rain
literal_form: Autumn blooms on breezy heights and wild swans on islets of the stream.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: storm-like battle bow
literal_form: A gold-backed bow compared to lightning and a clanging bowstring compared
to thunder.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: path of Báli
literal_form: The sad path to the gloomy God that Báli trod, invoked as a threat
to Sugríva.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: flame seized by hand
literal_form: A red flame quickened by the breeze, used in a rhetorical question
about daring to withstand danger.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Exhortation against despair
summary: A brother urges the son of Raghu to recover firmness and act, asking who
could keep the Maithil lady long.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: End of the rains
summary: The son of Raghu describes Indra’s rain, departing clouds, autumn signs,
and the completion of four months of flood and rain.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Lament for Sítá
summary: The son of Raghu says the rainy months seemed very long because Sítá was
severed from him, and he recalls her faithful companionship in exile.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Complaint against Sugríva
summary: The son of Raghu accuses Sugríva of neglecting pity, forgetting a promise
made in need, and remaining in pleasure while others wait in distress.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Envoy rebuke and threat
summary: Lakshmaṇ is sent to rebuke Sugríva for breaking faith and to warn that
the path of Báli remains open if he strays from truth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: seasonal transition releases heroic action
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: The passage emphasizes that the rainy season has ended and that kings now
go to battle, making the end of the rains the moment for renewed action.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage uses the season as narrative timing rather than a full agricultural
or cosmic seasonal myth.
- id: motif:2
label: delayed fulfillment of sworn reciprocal aid
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
- sacred_exchange
basis: Sugríva is said to have received prior help, sworn to assist after the rains,
and then delayed; the rebuke stresses keeping pledged words and repaying aid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy terms are approximate; the passage presents a political
and personal oath rather than an explicitly ritual covenant.
- id: motif:3
label: stolen or separated beloved as cause for quest action
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The Maithil lady/Sítá is separated from the son of Raghu, and the speech
frames recovery of her as the reason for urging action and demanding Sugríva’s
aid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This passage refers to the separation and oppression but does not narrate
the abduction itself.
- id: motif:4
label: threat to enforce oath through exemplary death
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Sugríva is warned that if he breaks truth, he may follow Báli’s path, and
the speaker invokes his own prior killing of Báli as proof of power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: low
cautions: The passage presents human or heroic enforcement of an oath; divine judgment
and royal legitimacy are only partial fits.
- id: motif:5
label: heroic weapon likened to storm power
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The son of Raghu’s bow is described as lightning-like with a thunderous string,
emphasizing martial threat through storm imagery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this weapon-imagery pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 41437-41448
quote_or_summary: A brother exhorts the son of Raghu to rise from despair, act heroically,
and asks what foe could keep the Maithil lady long.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 41449-41466
quote_or_summary: The son of Raghu says Indra sent rain, clouds watered the earth
and departed, kings now go to battle, autumn blooms and swans appear, and four
months of rain have passed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 41467-41476
quote_or_summary: The son of Raghu says the months seemed like a hundred years because
Sítá is severed from him; he recalls her faithful presence beside him in Daṇḍak
wood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 41477-41486
quote_or_summary: The son of Raghu accuses Sugríva of repose, lack of pity, scorn
for the dispossessed exile oppressed by Rávaṇ, and neglect of the hour of action
after his hopes have succeeded.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 41487-41508
quote_or_summary: The son of Raghu sends Lakshmaṇ as envoy to rebuke Sugríva for
delayed help, condemn broken promises and thanklessness, praise keeping sworn
words, and invoke the speaker’s gold-backed, storm-like bow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 41509-41523
quote_or_summary: The son of Raghu says Sugríva’s valour is sunk in pleasure, recalls
his promise of aid after the rains, says the months have passed while Sugríva
drinks wine with his lords, and orders Lakshmaṇ to go to his palace.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 41524-41535
quote_or_summary: The warning states that the path to the gloomy God taken by Báli
remains open; the speaker says his shaft killed only Báli before, but if Sugríva
strays from truth he and his kin may be slain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The narrative sequence and figures are explicit in the passage. Some taxonomy
assignments, especially covenant/sacred_exchange and divine_judgment/royal_legitimacy,
are approximate and require human review.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare this material to another text, tradition, or motif family beyond motifs inferred from the supplied taxonomy.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l41437-l41535
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