batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l44055-l44194
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l44055-l44194
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 44055-44194
start: '44055'
end: '44194'
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: Sampáti tells the Vánars that he saw Rávaṇ carrying Sítá through the air
toward Lanká across the southern ocean. He describes Sítá as guarded in Rávaṇ’s
city, explains the vultures’ far sight and the fields of air, urges the search
party to cross the sea, and asks to be led to the ocean for rites to his brother.
He then recounts that his son Supárśva also saw a dark giant flying south with
a radiant struggling woman, while holy spirits identified her as Sítá.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sampáti says that although he has lost his wings and strength, his words can
aid Ráma’s enterprise.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Sampáti reports seeing Rávaṇ carry a young jeweled lady through the air while
she cried out for Ráma and Lakshmaṇ and dropped ornaments.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Sampáti identifies Rávaṇ’s dwelling as Lanká, a city across the southern ocean,
and says Sítá is there under guard by monsters.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Sampáti tells the Vánars that the way to Sítá lies one hundred leagues beyond
the sea and urges them to devise a way to overleap it.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Sampáti describes different fields of air occupied by different birds, ending
with swans and Vainateya in the sixth field.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Sampáti says vultures trace their line from Vinatá and possess long sight
enabling them to see prey a hundred leagues away.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Sampáti asks the Vánars to guide him to the ocean so libations may be paid
to his brother’s shade.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Sampáti recounts lying scorched on a mighty hill, sustained by food brought
each morning and evening by his son Supárśva.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Supárśva reports that from Mahendra’s height he saw a dark giant flying south
over the sea with a radiant struggling lady.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Holy spirits of the air gathered and asked whether Sítá was still living,
identifying the woman and the one carrying her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Supárśva says he saw the lady’s streaming hair, heard her cry in despair,
and saw her clothing torn and ornaments stripped away.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sampáti
description: Wingless aged vulture king who speaks to the Vánars, reports seeing
Rávaṇ and Sítá, and recounts Supárśva’s testimony.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: Dark giant and robber who carries Sítá through the air and dwells in
Lanká across the southern ocean.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sítá / Maithil queen / Videhan lady
description: Radiant lady carried away by Rávaṇ, crying for Ráma and Lakshmaṇ, later
said to be guarded in Lanká.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Vánars
description: Search party addressed by Sampáti and instructed to cross the sea toward
Lanká and later return home.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Absent figure whose enterprise Sampáti seeks to aid and whose name
Sítá cries during her abduction.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: Absent figure whose name Sítá cries while being carried away.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Supárśva
description: Sampáti’s son who feeds him and reports seeing the giant carrying the
struggling lady southward.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Holy spirits of the air
description: Bright legions who gather near Supárśva and speak of Sítá while identifying
the abduction scene.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Jámbaván
description: Vánar leader who addresses Sampáti and asks where Sítá is and who carried
her away.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Varuṇ
description: Ocean deity whose home is named as the ocean beside which libations
are to be paid.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: witness-guide
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sampáti reports what he has seen and gives directions to Lanká across the
ocean.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: abductor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Rávaṇ is described carrying the struggling lady through the air toward Lanká.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: captive abducted lady
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sítá is carried away, cries out, loses ornaments, and is said to lie guarded
in Lanká.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:11
- id: role:4
label: search party
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:9
basis: The Vánars, including Jámbaván, seek news of Sítá and are urged to cross
the sea to find her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: beneficiary of aid
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Sampáti says his words will aid Ráma and prosper Ráma’s enterprise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: aged wingless vulture
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sampáti says his wings are lost and his strength decayed, and later calls
himself unable to act because his pinions are gone.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:13
- id: role:7
label: filial provider and secondary witness
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Supárśva brings food to Sampáti and later recounts seeing the abduction from
Mahendra’s height.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: supernatural identifiers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The holy spirits ask whether Sítá is alive and tell the name of the abductor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: southern ocean as barrier
literal_form: southern ocean / briny deep between the searchers and Lanká
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: distant island-city
literal_form: Lanká across the southern ocean, built by Viśvakarmá’s hand
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: mountain vantage point
literal_form: mighty hill and Mahendra’s height from which Sampáti or Supárśva sees
events
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: dropped and stripped ornaments
literal_form: gems, gold, and ornaments lost by Sítá during the abduction
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:11
- id: sym:5
label: fields of air
literal_form: ranked aerial regions occupied by different birds
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: funerary libations by the ocean
literal_form: libations to be paid to Sampáti’s brother’s shade beside the ocean
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Sampáti identifies Sítá’s captor and location
summary: Sampáti tells the Vánars that he saw Rávaṇ carrying a jeweled woman through
the air and that Sítá is held in Lanká across the southern ocean.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Aerial knowledge and vulture sight
summary: Sampáti describes the fields of air, the vulture lineage from Vinatá, and
the far-sight by which he can see Rávaṇ and Sítá from a great distance.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Request for ocean rites
summary: Sampáti asks the Vánars to guide him to the ocean so that libations may
be offered to his brother’s shade.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Supárśva’s corroborating sighting
summary: Sampáti recounts how Supárśva, from Mahendra’s height, saw a dark giant
fly southward over the sea with a radiant struggling woman, while spirits of the
air named her as Sítá.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: stolen beloved carried to a distant guarded place
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Sítá is carried away by Rávaṇ through the air, cries for Ráma and Lakshmaṇ,
and is said to be held under guard in Lanká.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage reports the abduction and captivity but does not narrate the
full rescue.
- id: motif:2
label: quest guidance from a wounded or diminished witness
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: Wingless, aged Sampáti cannot act physically but gives crucial sight-based
information and directions for the search.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label is broad; the passage mainly gives practical guidance
within a search episode.
- id: motif:3
label: crossing an oceanic barrier to reach the captive
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The Vánars are instructed to go south, cross or overleap a hundred-league
sea barrier, find Sítá, and return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage anticipates the crossing rather than narrating it.
- id: motif:4
label: supernatural or exceptional far sight
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Sampáti explains that vultures have keen sight over a hundred leagues and
says he can see Rávaṇ and Sítá from where he stands.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is an ability and knowledge motif rather than a full narrative pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: funerary duty beside the waters
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sampáti requests to be taken to the ocean, Varuṇ’s home, so libations may
be paid to his brother’s shade.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly matches funerary libation; classification
is descriptive only.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 44055-44064
quote_or_summary: Sampáti says his wings and strength are gone, yet his words will
aid Ráma and prosper Ráma’s enterprise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 44065-44078
quote_or_summary: Sampáti saw Rávaṇ carry a gentle jeweled lady through the air;
she cried out for Ráma and Lakshmaṇ and dropped gems and gold.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 44079-44090
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ is said to dwell in Lanká across the southern ocean, where
Sítá lies sad, still in silk, guarded by monsters.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 44091-44102
quote_or_summary: Sampáti tells the Vánars to travel one hundred leagues beyond
the sea, continue south, see Rávaṇ, find the lady, and return home.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 44103-44114
quote_or_summary: Sampáti describes successive fields of air occupied by doves,
crows, ospreys, kites, falcons, vultures, swans, and Vainateya.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 44115-44128
quote_or_summary: Sampáti says vultures descend from Vinatá, have Suparṇa’s far-sight,
can see prey a hundred leagues away, and can now descry Rávaṇ and the lady.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 44133-44138
quote_or_summary: Sampáti asks the Vánars to guide him to the ocean, Varuṇ’s home,
where libations are to be paid to his brother’s shade.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 44155-44170
quote_or_summary: Sampáti says he lay scorched by the sun on a mighty hill until
his son Supárśva renewed his life by bringing food morning and evening.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 44179-44192
quote_or_summary: Supárśva says he stood on Mahendra’s height, looked over the sea,
and saw a dark giant fly south with a radiant struggling lady.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 44193-44199
quote_or_summary: Holy spirits of the air gathered, asked whether Sítá was still
living, and named the one holding the struggling woman.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 44200-44206
quote_or_summary: Supárśva followed the robber’s path with his eyes, saw the lady’s
streaming hair, heard her despairing cry, and saw her clothing rent and ornaments
removed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 44143-44152
quote_or_summary: Jámbaván addresses Sampáti and asks where Sítá is, who has seen
her, and who carried away the Maithil queen.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 44207-44214
quote_or_summary: Sampáti says the tale stirred him to fury, but without his pinions
he could not act, though he could still help with words and counsel.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction uses only the supplied passage. Motif labels are cautious and
mostly descriptive; no explicit cross-tradition comparison is made in the passage.
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: |-
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