batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l43268-l43440
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l43268-l43440
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XLIII. The Army Of The North. / Canto XLIV. The Ring. / Canto XLV.
The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return.; lines 43268-43440
start: '43268'
end: '43440'
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: Vánar search parties sent by Sugríva return after searching many regions
without finding Sítá. Hanumán, Tára, Angad, and others continue through the Vindhya
region, search mountains, caves, forests, waters, and a cursed barren wilderness,
kill an attacking Asur, and are urged by Angad and Gandhamádan to renew the search
despite exhaustion and fear of Sugríva and Ráma.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sugríva sent legions in quest of Sítá, and they traveled through distant towns,
lakes, rivers, valleys, plains, and groves.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: After a weary month, search parties returned to Praśravaṇ hill with despair
or discouragement, where Sugríva sat with Ráma.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Vinata returned from the east, Śatabali returned from the north with his host,
and Susheṇ returned from the west.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The returning searchers report having searched hills, woods, caves, ravines,
brooks, thickets, wastes, dens, and difficult low places, and having slain monstrous
creatures.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The searchers state that Hanumán is expected to find Sítá because the robber
fiend was seen flying toward his quarter of the sky.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Hanumán, with Tára, Angad, and others, continues searching through Vindhya’s
glens, mountains, dark caverns, pools, rivers, and cascades, but finds no trace
of Sítá.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The searchers enter a barren and gloomy desert where trees lack leaves and
flowers, streams are dry, roots are absent, and animals, birds, shrubs, creepers,
and lilies are absent.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The barren wilderness is explained as the result of hermit Kaṇdu cursing the
forest in anger after his ten-year-old son died there.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: An Asur, described as high as a towering hill, appears in a dark grove, raises
his arm, and rushes at the Vánars.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Angad strikes down the Asur, and blood pours from the Asur’s mouth before
he falls like an uprooted mountain.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Angad tells the Vánars they have searched many terrains in vain, urges them
to overcome grief and sloth, and calls for renewed effort because Sugríva is stern
and Ráma’s wrath is feared.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Gandhamádan supports Angad’s counsel and urges the hosts to search groves,
deserts, hills, forest glades, lakes, brooks, and cascades again.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: The Vánars obey, travel through the southern Vindhya region, climb a high
mountain with caverns and silver-streaked peaks, search forests of Lodh trees,
fail to find Sítá, and rest beneath spreading trees.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sítá / the Maithil lady / Maithil queen
description: The woman sought by the Vánar search parties; also called Ráma’s darling
queen.
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- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sugríva
description: King who sends the search legions and receives returning parties on
Praśravaṇ hill.
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- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Present with Sugríva on the hill; his wrath is feared; Sítá is called
his darling queen.
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- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Vinata
description: Search leader who returns after wandering through the east.
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- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Śatabali
description: Search leader who led Vánar legions to the north and returned dispirited
to Sugríva.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Susheṇ
description: Search leader who sought the western realms and brought his legions
homeward.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Hanumán
description: Search leader who continues onward with Tára, Angad, and others through
the Vindhya region; the returning searchers expect him to find Sítá.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Tára
description: Companion of Hanumán in the continuing search through the Vindhya region.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Angad
description: Companion in the search; strikes down the Asur and later urges the
Vánars to renew their effort.
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- role:6
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Vánar legions / Vánars
description: Search parties sent by Sugríva; they search many landscapes, return
from some regions, and later obey Angad’s renewed call to search.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Kaṇdu
description: Hermit famed for truth, penance, zeal, and holy rite; curses the forest
after his son dies.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Kaṇdu’s son
description: A ten-year-old child whose death in the wild leads Kaṇdu to curse the
forest.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Asur
description: A huge demon-like being in the dark grove, described as high as a towering
hill; attacks the Vánars and is killed by Angad.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Gandhamádan
description: Speaker who approves Angad’s counsel and urges renewed searching.
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- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: sought abducted woman
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The legions go in quest of Sítá, and the returning searchers refer to the
robber fiend who fled with respect to the quarter where Hanumán searches.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: commanding king
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- fig:2
basis: Sugríva sends the legions and his command governs the search.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: waiting allied lord
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- fig:3
basis: Ráma sits with Sugríva while the searchers return, and his wrath is feared
if the mission fails.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: returned regional search leader
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Vinata, Śatabali, and Susheṇ are each associated with regional searches and
return to Sugríva.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: continuing search leader
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Hanumán continues onward through the Vindhya region and is expected by others
to find Sítá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: search companion or host
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- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: Tára, Angad, and the Vánar hosts accompany the continuing search.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:12
- id: role:7
label: demon-slayer
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- fig:9
basis: Angad strikes down the attacking Asur.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: exhorting counselor
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- fig:9
- fig:14
basis: Angad urges renewed search, and Gandhamádan affirms his counsel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
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label: cursing hermit
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- fig:11
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evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: dead child who occasions curse
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The death of Kaṇdu’s ten-year-old son leads to the forest curse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: attacking Asur
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The Asur appears in the grove, rushes upon the Vánars, and is killed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
symbols:
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label: mountain and hill terrain
literal_form: Praśravaṇ hill, Vindhya mountains, mountain heights, ledges, and a
high silver-streaked peak with caverns
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
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- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:12
- id: sym:2
label: caves and caverns
literal_form: Caves, dark caverns, dens, and yawning caverns in the searched terrain
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:12
- id: sym:3
label: waters of the search route
literal_form: Lakes, rivers, brooks, pools, cascades, rills, streams, and seaward-flowing
waters
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: sym:4
label: forest trees and shade
literal_form: Groves, leafy boughs, fruiting trees, Lodh forests, and spreading
trees under which the Vánars rest
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: sym:5
label: cursed barren wilderness
literal_form: A fruitless waste and land of gloom, deprived of leaves, flowers,
streams, roots, animals, birds, shrubs, creepers, and lilies
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: giant Asur body compared to mountain
literal_form: The Asur is high as a towering hill and falls like a mountain uprooted
from its base
associated_figures:
- fig:13
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Failed regional search parties return to Sugríva
summary: After a month of searching many landscapes, the parties from the east,
north, and west return dispirited to Sugríva and Ráma on Praśravaṇ hill, reporting
the extent of their search and their hope that Hanumán will find Sítá.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Hanumán’s party searches the Vindhya region
summary: Hanumán, Tára, Angad, and the others search glens, mountains, caverns,
pools, rivers, and cascades in the Vindhya region without finding Sítá.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Cursed barren desert
summary: The searchers reach a gloomy and lifeless desert, explained as a forest
cursed by the hermit Kaṇdu after the death of his young son.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Angad kills the Asur
summary: In a dark grove, a huge Asur attacks the Vánars; Angad strikes him down,
and the party continues before resting in the shade.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Renewed exhortation to search
summary: Angad urges the Vánars to renew their effort despite failure, invoking
the severity of Sugríva and fear of Ráma’s wrath; Gandhamádan supports the advice,
and the Vánars continue searching the southern Vindhya region before resting again
without finding Sítá.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Quest for a stolen beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
- mystical_quest
basis: The search is explicitly a quest for Sítá, and the searchers refer to a robber
fiend seen fleeing toward the region where Hanumán searches.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage concerns the search phase and does not narrate the abduction
itself.
- id: motif:2
label: Failed search and return to the ruler
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Several regional search parties return after a month, despairing or dispirited,
to Sugríva and Ráma on the hill.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The return is not the final narrative return of the larger epic, only
a local return from failed search missions.
- id: motif:3
label: Renewed quest after despair
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: Angad and Gandhamádan urge the exhausted Vánars to resume the search after
failure, emphasizing effort, resolve, and obedience to command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the renewal practically and morally rather than as
an explicitly initiatory ordeal.
- id: motif:4
label: Cursed wasteland caused by grief and anger
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A once-inhabitable forest has become barren and avoided by creatures because
the hermit Kaṇdu cursed it after his son died.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly matches the cursed wasteland pattern;
classification is descriptive.
- id: motif:5
label: Encounter and slaying of a giant hostile being during a quest
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A giant Asur appears during the search, attacks the Vánars, and is slain
by Angad before the party continues.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not connect the Asur to the main abductor beyond Angad’s
mistaken thought that he may be the sought fiend.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 43268-43277
quote_or_summary: Sugríva sends legions in quest of Sítá; they travel by towns,
lakes, rivers, valleys, plains, and groves, resting beneath fruiting trees at
night.
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 43278-43294
quote_or_summary: 'After a weary month, search parties return to Praśravaṇ hill:
Vinata from the east, Śatabali from the north, and Susheṇ from the west, all coming
to Sugríva where he sits with Ráma.'
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 43295-43309
quote_or_summary: The searchers tell Sugríva they have searched hills, woods, caves,
ravines, brooks, thickets, wastes, dens, and difficult low places, and have slain
monstrous creatures.
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 43310-43313
quote_or_summary: The searchers say Hanumán of noble mind will find the Maithil
lady, because the robber fiend was seen flying toward his quarter of the sky.
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 43316-43329
quote_or_summary: Hanumán proceeds with Tára, Angad, and others through Vindhya’s
pathless glens, searching mountain heights, dark caverns, pools, rivers, and cascades,
but finds no trace of Sítá.
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 43330-43349
quote_or_summary: 'The party reaches a terrible desert: a fruitless, gloomy waste
with leafless trees, dried streams, no roots, no animals, no birds, no shrubs
or creepers, and no lilies.'
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 43350-43359
quote_or_summary: The hermit Kaṇdu, famed for truth and penance, lost his ten-year-old
son in the wild and in rage cursed the forest to shelter no bird or beast.
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 43360-43375
quote_or_summary: After further searching, the Vánars struggle through a dark grove
where an Asur, high as a towering hill and defiant of the gods, appears and rushes
at them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 43376-43387
quote_or_summary: Angad, thinking this may be the sought fiend, strikes the Asur
down; blood pours from his mouth, and he falls like an uprooted mountain before
the party continues and rests in shade.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 43390-43415
quote_or_summary: Angad says the Vánars have searched valleys, caves, hills, brooks,
woods, and wilderness in vain; he urges them to cast aside grief and sloth, renew
effort, and remember Sugríva’s severity and Ráma’s wrath.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 43416-43427
quote_or_summary: Gandhamádan affirms Angad’s counsel and urges the hosts to renew
toil and search groves, deserts, hills, forest glades, lakes, brooks, and cascades
as commanded.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 43428-43440
quote_or_summary: The Vánars obey, speed over the southern Vindhya region, climb
a high mountain with caverns and silver-streaked peaks, search Lodh-tree forests,
fail to find Ráma’s queen, and rest beneath spreading trees.
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: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif candidates
use only available taxonomy where directly applicable; comparison claims are omitted
because the passage itself does not make an explicit comparative claim.
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'
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