batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l43741-l43899
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l43741-l43899
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return. / Canto L. The Enchanted
Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit.; lines 43741-43899
start: '43741'
end: '43899'
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: Hanumán observes Angad’s royal qualities and tries to persuade him not
to remain in a cave but to return to Sugríva’s court. Angad rejects trust in Sugríva,
fears imprisonment or death, and resolves to fast to death. The Vánar chiefs agree
to die with him on sacred Darbha grass. Sampáti, vulture king and brother of Jaṭáyus,
sees the motionless Vánars on Vindhya’s slope and regards them as a destined feast.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Hanumán notices Angad’s strength, ruling capacity, noble qualities, and obedience
to Tára’s words despite the quest command.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Hanumán warns Angad that remaining in the cave will leave him abandoned by
the Vánars and vulnerable to Lakshmaṇ’s arrows.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Hanumán urges Angad to return to Sugríva’s court and says Sugríva will share
the kingdom with him as royal heir.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Angad accuses Sugríva of wrongdoing, ingratitude toward Ráma, and acting only
under Lakshmaṇ’s threat.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Angad fears that if he returns to Kishkindhá, Sugríva will imprison or destroy
him as a rival heir.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Angad declares that it is better to fast and die where he is than return to
the fate he fears.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Angad asks the Vánars to greet Sugríva, Ráma’s sons, Rumá, and his mother
Tárá on his behalf.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Angad lies down on sacred Darbha grass and weeps.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The Vánar chiefs decide to remain and die with Angad, sitting on holy grass
laid southward and facing east.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Sampáti, vulture king and brother of Jaṭáyus, comes to Vindhya’s slope and
sees the sorrowing Vánars.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Sampáti says Fate has brought him the Vánars as a feast because they are doomed
to die.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hanumán
description: A prudent speaker who observes Angad and counsels him to return to
Sugríva.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Angad
description: Báli’s princely son, royal heir, and leader among the Vánars who chooses
to die rather than return to Sugríva.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Tára
description: Named as Angad’s mother, whose despair Angad asks the Vánars to calm;
also named earlier as a speaker whose words Angad obeyed.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sugríva
description: The lord and king whose court Hanumán urges Angad to seek and whom
Angad distrusts.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: A warrior whose arrows are said to be able to rend the cave walls and
pierce Angad’s heart.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Vánars
description: The Vánar chiefs and hosts who are urged to return but swear to stay
and die with Angad.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Named as the friend who helped Sugríva and as one of the sons of Raghu
before whom Angad sends greeting.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Rumá
description: A woman to whom Angad sends affectionate greeting, saying she claims
a son’s affection from him.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Sampáti
description: The mighty king of vultures, brother of Jaṭáyus, who approaches the
Vánars on Vindhya’s slope.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Jaṭáyus
description: Named as Sampáti’s brother.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Báli
description: Named as Angad’s father, whose royal might Angad is said to surpass
or resemble.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: prudent counsellor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hanumán uses prudent speech to guide Angad and advises him to return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: princely son and royal heir
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Angad is called Báli’s princely son and the royal heir whose birth demands
a share of rule.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: despairing leader choosing death
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Angad decides it is better to fast and die, lies on Darbha grass, and weeps.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: mother of Angad
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Angad refers to Tárá as his mother and fears her despair at his fate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: king and disputed lord
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Hanumán calls Sugríva the lawful lord and says Angad should seek his court,
while Angad distrusts him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: threatening archer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Lakshmaṇ’s arrows are described as able to cleave the mountain and pierce
Angad.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: followers and comrades
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The Vánars are followers whom Hanumán expects to return, but they swear to
die with Angad.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: friend owed loyalty
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Angad says Sugríva took Ráma’s hand and then forsook the friend who saved
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: recipient of farewell greeting
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Angad asks that Rumá be greeted kindly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: vulture king and would-be devourer
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Sampáti is called the vultures’ mighty king and sees the doomed Vánars as
a feast.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:11
label: brother of Sampáti
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The passage identifies Sampáti as Jaṭáyus’ brother.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:12
label: royal father of Angad
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The passage identifies Angad as Báli’s son and compares Angad to his royal
father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: cave refuge
literal_form: cave or cavern where Angad considers dwelling
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: mountain cleft by arrows
literal_form: mountain or cave wall threatened by Lakshmaṇ’s shafts
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Darbha grass death seat
literal_form: sacred Darbha grass spread on the ground, with blades laid pointing
southward
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: eastward-facing vigil
literal_form: Vánars sitting with faces to the orient
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: Vindhya slope
literal_form: slope of Vindhya’s hill where Sampáti sees the Vánars
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: vulture king
literal_form: Sampáti, a great bird on sounding pinions
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Hanumán counsels Angad to return
summary: Hanumán assesses Angad’s qualities and tries to separate him from a plan
of remaining in the cave, warning that the Vánars will leave and Lakshmaṇ’s arrows
will reach him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Angad rejects Sugríva and chooses death
summary: Angad denounces Sugríva’s conduct, fears destruction or imprisonment if
he returns, sends farewell greetings, and declares fasting to death preferable.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Vánars sit on sacred grass to die
summary: Angad lies weeping on Darbha grass, and the Vánar chiefs, moved by his
words, sit on holy grass facing east and agree to die with him.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:4
label: Sampáti discovers the doomed Vánars
summary: Sampáti, the vulture king, comes to Vindhya’s slope, sees the still Vánars,
and rejoices that Fate has brought him a feast.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: return urged after failed or exhausted quest
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Hanumán repeatedly urges Angad to leave the cave and return to Sugríva’s
court rather than remain in isolation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes counsel and political danger rather than an accomplished
return.
- id: motif:2
label: cave refuge threatened by heroic weapons
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
basis: Angad hopes to remain in the cave, but Hanumán warns that Lakshmaṇ’s shafts
can rend its walls and cleave the mountain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The cave functions literally as a proposed refuge; no explicit initiation
or underworld meaning is stated.
- id: motif:3
label: ritualized chosen death by fasting
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Angad says it is better to fast and die, then lies on sacred Darbha grass
while the Vánars agree to die with him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes self-chosen death and sacred grass, but does not
explicitly call the act a sacrifice.
- id: motif:4
label: fated carrion feast after vow of death
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After the Vánars resolve to die, Sampáti appears and says Fate has brought
them as food for him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a local narrative sequence rather than a clearly named taxonomy
motif.
- id: motif:5
label: disputed royal legitimacy and fear of rival heir
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Hanumán calls Angad worthy of kingship and royal share, while Angad fears
Sugríva will remove him as a household foe and rival heir.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the dynastic conflict but does not resolve it here.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 43741-43765
quote_or_summary: Hanumán observes Angad, Báli’s princely son, as combining warrior
strength, ruling capacity, noble gifts, increasing glory, and obedience to Tára’s
words despite the quest command.
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 43766-43806
quote_or_summary: Hanumán warns Angad that Vánars are fickle and will not abandon
Sugríva; if Angad stays in the cave, Lakshmaṇ’s shafts will rend the walls, cleave
the mountain, and pierce him.
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 43807-43822
quote_or_summary: Hanumán urges Angad to seek Sugríva’s court in reverence, saying
Sugríva will share the kingdom with the royal heir and still favors him and his
mother.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: Canto LV, Angad’s Reply, opening speech
quote_or_summary: Angad questions Sugríva’s truth and justice, accuses him of taking
his living brother’s wife, barring his brother in battle, forsaking Ráma, and
searching for Ráma’s queen only under Lakshmaṇ’s threat.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: Canto LV, Angad’s Reply, middle speech
quote_or_summary: Angad says Sugríva will not spare him as a young anointed heir,
and fears being seized, imprisoned, or destroyed if he goes to Kishkindhá.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: Canto LV, Angad’s Reply
quote_or_summary: "“’Tis better far to fast and die / Than hopeless bound in chains
to lie”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: Canto LV, Angad’s Reply, farewell instructions
quote_or_summary: Angad tells the Vánars to go home, bow at Sugríva’s feet, greet
the sons of Raghu, greet Rumá kindly, and calm his mother Tárá’s despair.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: Canto LV, after Angad’s speech
quote_or_summary: Angad says farewell to the chiefs, throws himself on the ground
where sacred Darbha grass is spread, and weeps as hope has fled.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: Canto LV, Vánars’ response
quote_or_summary: The chiefs weep, swear to stay and die with Angad, and sit on
holy grass with every blade laid southward and their faces to the east.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: Canto LVI. Sampáti, opening
quote_or_summary: Sampáti, mighty king of vultures and brother of Jaṭáyus, comes
to the slope of Vindhya’s hill and sees the sorrowing Vánars sitting calm and
still.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: Canto LVI. Sampáti, speech
quote_or_summary: 'Sampáti says Fate has brought him, after long delay, a rich feast:
the Vánars doomed to die and satisfy his hunger.'
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 strong for named figures, actions, and settings. Motif
labels are cautious and limited to the provided taxonomy where supported. No comparison
claims are made because the passage itself does not provide an explicit cross-textual
comparison.
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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