batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l43170-l43265
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l43170-l43265
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XLII. The Army Of The West. / Canto XLIII. The Army Of The North. /
Canto XLIV. The Ring. / Canto XLV. The Departure.; lines 43170-43265
start: '43170'
end: '43265'
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: The Vánar forces depart in assigned directions to seek Ráma’s captive wife
and confront Rávaṇ. They boast of their power to cross lands, seas, mountains,
and even hell. Ráma asks Sugríva how he knows the world’s regions. Sugríva recounts
wandering across the east, south, west, and north while fleeing Báli, seeing mountains,
caves, seas, and remote lands, before Hanumán advises refuge at Rishyamúka, where
Báli cannot enter because of Matanga’s curse.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Vánars speed away in multiple directions after receiving their king’s
assignments.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Śatabal leads a large Vánar force toward the northern realms and the King
of Mountains.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Hanumán, Angad, and Tára’s multitude go south; Vinata goes east; Susheṇ goes
west.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The Vánar warriors cry out that they will restore the dame, defeat Rávaṇ,
and rescue Ráma’s captive wife.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The Vánar boast includes rending mountains, breaking trees, cleaving earth,
making the sea heave, leaping a hundred leagues, and wandering through hell.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Ráma asks Sugríva how he gained knowledge of sea, hill, and plain.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Sugríva says he wandered widely after the episode of Báli pursuing Máyáví
into a cave.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Sugríva says he saw eastern regions with trees, caves, wooded hills, lakes,
rills, a sun-associated hill, and the Milky sea.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Sugríva says he traveled south over Vindhya, west to Asta where the sun sets,
and north to Himaván, Meru, and the northern deep.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Hanumán advises Sugríva to dwell where Matanga’s curse prevents Báli from
entering.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Sugríva and his companions dwell safely on Rishyamúka because Báli fears the
curse.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Vánar warriors
description: Collective monkey-warrior forces departing in assigned directions and
boasting of rescuing the captive wife.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Śatabal
description: Vánar leader who leads a vast array toward the northern realms.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Hanumán
description: Wise son of the Wind-God who travels south with Angad and later gives
counsel to Sugríva.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Angad
description: Companion of Hanumán in the southward quest.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Tára’s warlike multitude
description: A warlike multitude associated with Tára, traveling south with Hanumán
and Angad.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Vinata
description: Leader who goes with his band to the eastern land.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Susheṇ
description: Leader who goes west in the quest.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Questioner who asks Sugríva about his knowledge of sea, hill, and plain;
husband of the captive wife mentioned by the Vánars.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Ráma’s captive wife / the dame
description: Female captive whom the Vánars intend to restore and rescue.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: Named robber whom the Vánars boast they will defeat and kill.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Sugríva
description: Speaker who recounts his wanderings across the world while fleeing
Báli.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Báli
description: Powerful oppressor of Sugríva who pursued Máyáví into a cave and later
cannot enter Rishyamúka because of Matanga’s curse.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Máyáví
description: Fugitive who fled from Báli to Malaya’s hill and hid in a cave.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Matanga
description: Figure whose curse prevents Báli from invading the protected precinct.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: search-party leader or participant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: The passage names Vánar chiefs and groups departing to assigned quarters
in search.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: boasting rescuer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Vánars declare that they will restore the dame, defeat Rávaṇ, and rescue
Ráma’s captive wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: questioning lord
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Ráma asks Sugríva how he gained his knowledge of sea, hill, and plain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: captive beloved or wife
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The Vánars refer to the dame and to Ráma’s captive wife whom they intend
to rescue.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: abductor or robber opponent
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Rávaṇ is called the robber, and the Vánars boast that they will defeat him
and rescue the captive wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: wise counselor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Hanumán is described as wise and brave and gives prudent counsel to Sugríva.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: world-wandering narrator
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Sugríva recounts roaming the earth from east to south, west, and north.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: fugitive seeking refuge
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Sugríva says he could find no rest because of Báli’s power and ultimately
found safety at Rishyamúka.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: oppressor barred by curse
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Báli’s might keeps Sugríva wandering, but Matanga’s curse prevents Báli from
entering Rishyamúka.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:10
label: fugitive hidden in cave
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Máyáví flees Báli and hides in a cave on Malaya’s hill.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: curse-giver establishing protected boundary
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Matanga’s curse threatens Báli if he invades the protected shade.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mountain and high hill
literal_form: King of Mountains, Malaya’s hill, Vindhya, Asta, Himaván, Meru, Rishyamúka,
and other hills
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: cave
literal_form: Cave in Malaya’s hill where Máyáví hides and where Báli pursues him
associated_figures:
- fig:12
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: sea and deep water
literal_form: Calm sea, Milky sea, and northern deep
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: trees and wooded terrain
literal_form: Rooted mountains and mighty trees in the Vánar boast; eastern trees
and wooded hills; sandal trees in Vindhya
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: protected refuge
literal_form: Rishyamúka’s hill and the precincts Báli cannot enter because of Matanga’s
curse
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Directional departure of the Vánar search parties
summary: The Vánar chiefs and their forces depart to the north, south, east, and
west according to the king’s command.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Warrior boasts of rescue and cosmic-range travel
summary: The Vánars boast that they will rescue Ráma’s captive wife, defeat Rávaṇ,
rend mountains and trees, stir the sea, leap a hundred leagues, and range even
through hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Ráma questions Sugríva’s geographic knowledge
summary: Ráma asks Sugríva how he came to know seas, hills, and plains.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Sugríva recounts world-wanderings
summary: Sugríva explains that after the episode of Báli and Máyáví at the cave,
he wandered across eastern, southern, western, and northern regions and saw mountains,
caves, trees, lakes, seas, Himaván, Meru, and the northern deep.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Hanumán advises refuge at Rishyamúka
summary: Hanumán reminds Sugríva that Matanga’s curse bars Báli from a protected
precinct; Sugríva and his companions settle safely at Rishyamúka.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Departure of questing search parties
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The Vánar chiefs depart in assigned directions to search for and recover
the captive wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes the departure and search assignment, not the completion
of the quest.
- id: motif:2
label: Recovery of stolen or captive wife
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The warriors repeatedly identify the goal as restoring the dame and rescuing
Ráma’s captive wife from Rávaṇ the robber.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The wife is not named in this excerpt; identification is limited to the
passage’s wording.
- id: motif:3
label: World-ranging quest across mapped directions
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The passage combines search parties sent to the four directions with Sugríva’s
recollection of traversing the earth’s regions, mountains, seas, and remote limits.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives travel geography and quest movement, but does not explicitly
frame the journey as mystical.
- id: motif:4
label: Protected refuge created by a curse-bound boundary
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hanumán counsels Sugríva to dwell where Matanga’s curse prevents Báli from
entering, and the group lives safely at Rishyamúka.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches the curse-protected refuge
pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: Cave pursuit of a fugitive enemy
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sugríva recounts that Máyáví fled Báli and hid in a cave, and Báli entered
the hill’s hollow to kill him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a brief retrospective episode within the passage rather than the
main action.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 43170-43184
quote_or_summary: 'Vánar forces depart in assigned directions: Śatabal north, Hanumán
with Angad and Tára’s multitude south, Vinata east, and Susheṇ west.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 43185-43196
quote_or_summary: "“We will restore the dame” and “rescue Ráma’s captive wife” from
“Rávaṇ.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 43197-43210
quote_or_summary: The Vánar boast describes breaking mountains and trees, cleaving
earth, making the sea heave, leaping a hundred leagues, and wandering through
hell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 43213-43215
quote_or_summary: Ráma asks Sugríva how he gained his “lore of sea and hill and
plain.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 43216-43224
quote_or_summary: Sugríva recalls that Máyáví fled from Báli to Malaya’s hill and
hid in a cave, and that Báli entered the hollow of the hill to kill him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 43225-43237
quote_or_summary: Sugríva says he wandered widely and saw eastern skies, fair trees,
caves, wooded hills, lakes and rills, a sun-associated hill, and the Milky sea.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 43238-43250
quote_or_summary: Sugríva recounts traveling south over Vindhya, west to Asta where
the sun sets, and north to Himaván, Meru, and the northern deep.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 43251-43260
quote_or_summary: Hanumán, called wise and brave, advises that Matanga cursed Báli
so that Báli’s head would burst if he entered the tranquil precinct.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 43261-43265
quote_or_summary: Sugríva and companions go to Rishyamúka’s hill and live securely
where Báli does not dare tread because of the curse.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif assignment
is cautious and limited to the provided taxonomy and passage wording. No comparison
claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare traditions
or motif families.
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: |-
Uses only the supplied passage and metadata. Figure labels for unnamed persons or collectives follow the wording of the excerpt.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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