batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l42570-l42605
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l42570-l42605
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XXVIII. The Rains. / Canto XXXI. The Envoy. / Canto XXXVII. The Gathering.
/ Canto XL. The Army Of The East.; lines 42570-42605
start: '42570'
end: '42605'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“O search for my lost Sítá, strive / To find her if she still survive”"
summary: The Vánar king reviews the assembled Vánar hosts and offers their service
to Ráma. Ráma embraces him, asks that the hosts search for lost Sítá and locate
fierce Rávaṇ, and says the Vánar sovereign must guide and lead them in the doubtful
hour.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A king reviews a countless multitude of Vánars gathered in obedience to his
command.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The assembled Vánar hosts are described as led by powerful chiefs and able
to range over hills, valleys, and sea-islets.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The Vánar hosts are offered to serve Ráma at his call and obey his mandates.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Ráma embraces the Vánar monarch before answering him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Ráma asks for a search to find his lost Sítá, if she still survives.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Ráma asks that fierce Rávaṇ be traced to his dwelling-place.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Ráma says that, once Sítá and the foe are located, he and the Vánar monarch
will devise fitting means to complete the enterprise.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Ráma says neither he nor Lakshmaṇ has the power to guide them in the doubtful
hour, and that the Vánar sovereign must be their hope and leader.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Vánar monarch / king
description: The ruler who reviews the gathered Vánar multitude, offers their service
to Ráma, and is addressed by Ráma as sovereign of the Vánars.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Raghu’s mighty son, who receives the offer of Vánar service and asks
that Sítá and Rávaṇ be found.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Vánar hosts
description: Countless gathered Vánar armies, led by chiefs, ready to serve Ráma
and obey his mandates.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sítá
description: Ráma’s lost Sítá, whom he asks the Vánars to search for if she still
survives.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: A fierce foe whom Ráma asks the Vánar monarch to trace to his dwelling-place.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: Named by Ráma as one who, like Ráma himself, cannot guide them in the
doubtful hour.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Vánar chiefs
description: Chiefs described as strong as Indra and leading the armies.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Vánar ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He reviews the gathered Vánar multitude and is called sovereign of the Vánars.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: army-gatherer and ally
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He declares that the gathered Vánar hosts will serve Ráma and obey his mandates.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: quest-directing hero
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ráma directs the search for Sítá and the tracing of Rávaṇ’s dwelling-place.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: search force
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:7
basis: The armies and their chiefs are gathered and offered for Ráma’s commands;
Ráma asks that Sítá and Rávaṇ be found.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: needed guide and leader
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma says the Vánar sovereign must be their hope and leader in the doubtful
hour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: lost beloved sought
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Ráma calls Sítá lost and commands a search to find her if she survives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: foe to be located
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Ráma asks that fierce Rávaṇ be traced to his dwelling-place and later calls
him the foe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: companion without guiding power in this moment
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Ráma says neither his nor Lakshmaṇ’s power can guide them in the doubtful
hour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: distant sea and islets
literal_form: islets of the distant sea
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: hills and valleys
literal_form: hill and vale
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: embrace
literal_form: Ráma presses the Vánar monarch to his breast
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: dwelling-place of the foe
literal_form: Rávaṇ’s dwelling-place
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Review and offer of the Vánar army
summary: The Vánar king reviews the gathered Vánar multitude and tells Ráma that
the hosts and chiefs are ready to serve and obey his mandates.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Ráma commissions the search
summary: Ráma embraces the Vánar monarch, asks him to search for lost Sítá and locate
Rávaṇ, and states that the Vánar sovereign must guide and lead the effort.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: search for a stolen or lost beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Ráma explicitly asks the Vánar monarch to search for his lost Sítá and to
locate Rávaṇ, the foe associated with the enterprise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage calls Sítá lost and names Rávaṇ as foe, but this excerpt alone
does not narrate the abduction itself.
- id: motif:2
label: allied army assembled for a rescue quest
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: A vast Vánar host is gathered to obey Ráma, and Ráma directs it toward finding
Sítá and Rávaṇ before completing the enterprise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames a search and enterprise, but the larger quest context
is only partly present in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: hero depends on nonhuman ally as guide
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ráma says the Vánar sovereign, not Ráma or Lakshmaṇ, must be their hope and
leader in the doubtful hour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No taxonomy reference is assigned because the available list has no exact
match for this role pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 42570-42576
quote_or_summary: The king reviews the countless Vánar multitude and speaks to Raghu’s
mighty son, noting that the hosts are gathered.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 42577-42591
quote_or_summary: The Vánar chiefs and armies are described as powerful, far-ranging
over hills, valleys, and sea-islets, and ready to serve Ráma and obey his mandates.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 42592-42599
quote_or_summary: 'Ráma embraces the Vánar monarch and says: “O search for my lost
Sítá, strive / To find her if she still survive,” and asks him to trace Rávaṇ
to his dwelling-place.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 42600-42605
quote_or_summary: Ráma says that after Sítá and the foe are located, he and the
Vánar monarch will devise the means to finish the enterprise, and that the Vánar
sovereign must be their hope and leader.
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 figures, commands, and search commission are explicit. Motif labels are
limited to patterns directly supported by the excerpt; broader Ramayana context
is not used.
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 the supplied passage and metadata were used. Comparison claims were left empty because the excerpt does not itself make a cross-traditional comparison.
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