batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l44197-l44375
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l44197-l44375
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 44197-44375
start: '44197'
end: '44375'
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: Sampati recounts how he was burned by the sun and fell on Mount Vindhya,
how the ascetic Nisakar recognized him, and how his past flight with Jatayus led
to the loss of his wings. Nisakar prophesies that Sampati will regain his wings
after helping Rama’s Vanara envoys learn the fate of Rama’s abducted wife.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sampati performs offerings to his brother’s shade and bathes after the rites.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Sampati says he will explain how he first learned the lady’s fate.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Sampati says he was burned by the sun, fell on Vindhya, and lay in a deadly
swoon for seven nights before life returned.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The landscape Sampati sees includes the sea, rocks, brooks, lakes, glens,
trees, creepers over a cave, birds, and foaming waters.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A sacred wood near Sampati’s place of falling is associated with the hermit
Nisakar, who had practiced severe penance there.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Sampati descends from the height through a mountain pass rough with Darbha
grass to seek the saint.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The hermit appears with tame bears, lions, tigers, deer, and snakes following
him, and the animals turn obeisant at his hermitage.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Nisakar recognizes Sampati as the elder of two vulture brothers, formerly
winged, powerful, able to take forms at will, and known to visit him in human
shape.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Sampati and Jatayus had vowed near Kailasa to chase the swift sun to its resting
place.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: During their upward flight, the brothers see cities, the green earth, rivers,
and mountains such as Meru, Vindhya, and the Lord of Snow below them.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Heat and fatigue overcome the brothers; Jatayus falls, and Sampati follows
while shielding Jatayus from the sun with his wings, which are consumed by heat.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: After losing his wings and falling on Vindhya, Sampati says he is bereft of
his brother and power and intends to cast himself down and die.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Nisakar foretells that Sampati’s wings, power, and sight will return.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: Nisakar foretells Rama and Lakshman’s exile, Ravana’s abduction of Rama’s
wife, her refusal of Ravana’s offers, and Indra’s provision of heavenly food to
her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: Nisakar says Vanara envoys sent by Rama will come to Sampati, and Sampati
must tell them the lady’s fate; after this saving deed his burnt wings will sprout
again.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sampati
description: Elder vulture brother; narrator of the episode; burned by the sun,
deprived of wings, and destined to regain them after aiding Rama’s envoys.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Jatayus
description: Younger vulture brother of Sampati; fell during the brothers’ attempted
flight toward the sun and was shielded by Sampati.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Bali’s son
description: Prince addressed by Sampati as the listener to his account.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Nisakar
description: Holy hermit and ascetic seer associated with a sacred wood on Vindhya;
recognizes Sampati and speaks prophecy.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Rama
description: Foretold prince of Ikshvaku’s line; exiled in the woods and sender
of Vanara envoys.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Brave brother of Rama, foretold to be with him in exile.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Ravana
description: Figure foretold to steal Rama’s wife away; described as one whom no
god may slay.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Rama’s wife / the lady
description: Foretold captive wife of Rama; refuses Ravana’s love and food and receives
heavenly food from Indra.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Indra
description: Lord who comes to the captive lady and ministers heavenly food to her.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Vanara envoys
description: Envoys sent by Rama who will seek Sampati’s place and receive the lady’s
fate from him.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: mourner and ritual performer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sampati offers rites to his brother’s shade and bathes after the rites.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: maimed informant destined for restoration
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sampati’s wings have been burned away, but Nisakar foretells that he will
tell the Vanara envoys the lady’s fate and then regain his wings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: endangered younger brother
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Jatayus falls during the flight toward the sun and is shielded by Sampati.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: self-sacrificial protector
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sampati intervenes with his wings to screen Jatayus from the sun, losing
his own pinions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: princely listener
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sampati addresses Bali’s son as prince before telling the story.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: ascetic seer and prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Nisakar is described as a penance-performing hermit and speaks of future
events seen through penance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: exiled prince and sender of envoys
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Rama is foretold as an Ikshvaku prince exiled in the woods whose envoys will
seek Sampati.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: companion brother in exile
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Lakshman is foretold to be with Rama during exile in the woods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: abductor
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Ravana is foretold to steal Rama’s wife away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: abducted and resistant wife
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The captive wife refuses Ravana’s love and food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:11
label: divine provider
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Indra comes to the captive lady and gives heavenly food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:12
label: quest envoys
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The Vanara envoys sent by Rama will seek Sampati and receive news of the
lady’s fate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: water landscape and rite
literal_form: flood, bathing after rites, sea, brooks, lakes, and foaming waters
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: mountain heights
literal_form: Vindhya, Kailasa, Meru, and the Lord of Snow seen or named in the
story
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: cave under creepers
literal_form: a cave mantled by creepers on the Vindhya landscape
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: sacred wood and trees
literal_form: sacred wood, fair trees, shade, flowers, and fruit near Nisakar’s
hermitage
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: snakes among obedient animals
literal_form: snakes following the hermit with other animals and turning obeisant
at the hermitage
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: burning sun
literal_form: the fierce sun and heat that burn Sampati’s wings
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: burnt and restored wings
literal_form: Sampati’s consumed pinions and the foretold sprouting of new wings
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: heavenly food
literal_form: food ministered by Indra to the captive lady
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Offerings for Jatayus
summary: Sampati performs rites for his brother’s shade and then begins explaining
how he learned the lady’s fate.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Sampati fallen on Vindhya
summary: After being burned by the sun, Sampati falls on Vindhya, survives a seven-night
swoon, and recognizes the southern mountain landscape.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Hermitage of Nisakar
summary: Sampati reaches the sacred grove of Nisakar; the hermit appears with tame
animals, recognizes the altered vulture king, and asks what caused his fall.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Flight toward the sun
summary: Sampati recalls that he and Jatayus vowed to follow the sun, rose high
above the earth and mountains, were overcome by heat, and fell; Sampati shielded
Jatayus and lost his wings.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Nisakar’s prophecy
summary: Nisakar foretells Sampati’s restoration, Rama’s exile, Ravana’s abduction
of Rama’s wife, Indra’s aid to the captive, and the coming of Vanara envoys whom
Sampati must help.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: perilous ascent toward the sun
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: The vulture brothers vow to chase the sun, fly high above the earth and mountains,
and are overcome by solar heat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the ascent as reckless pride rather than as a formal
ritual ascent.
- id: motif:2
label: protective self-sacrifice of a sibling
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
- sibling_pair
basis: Sampati shields Jatayus from the sun with his own wings and loses his pinions
as a result.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not use sacrificial ritual language for this act; the
motif label is based on the protective loss suffered by Sampati.
- id: motif:3
label: maimed helper restored after completing a destined deed
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
- return
basis: Sampati survives a deathlike swoon and loss of wings, and Nisakar foretells
that his wings will sprout again after he helps Rama’s envoys.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes survival and bodily restoration, not literal death
and resurrection.
- id: motif:4
label: abduction of the beloved wife
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Nisakar foretells that Ravana will steal Rama’s wife away and that she will
remain captive while refusing Ravana’s offers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The abduction is foretold within this passage rather than narrated as
a present action.
- id: motif:5
label: quest for news of the captive beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: Rama’s Vanara envoys are foretold to seek Sampati, who will declare the lady’s
fate to them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: Only the predicted information-gathering stage of the quest is present
in this passage.
- id: motif:6
label: ascetic prophecy guiding heroic action
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Nisakar, whose insight comes through penance, foretells future events and
instructs Sampati to wait for the moment when his information will aid Rama’s
cause.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage emphasizes prophetic knowledge
more than general wisdom teaching.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 44197-44200
quote_or_summary: Sampati pays offerings to his brother’s shade, bathes after the
rites, and addresses Bali’s son.
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: 44201-44218
quote_or_summary: Sampati says he learned the lady’s fate after being burned by
the sun, falling on Vindhya, lying in a seven-night swoon, and seeing the sea,
rocks, watercourses, trees, creeper-covered cave, birds, and foaming waters.
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: 44219-44243
quote_or_summary: A sacred wood near Sampati is linked with Nisakar’s long penance;
Sampati descends through a Darbha-grass mountain pass to the fragrant grove, where
the hermit appears followed by tame animals including snakes.
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: 44244-44264
quote_or_summary: Nisakar recognizes Sampati as the elder of two vulture brothers,
former vulture kings who could take forms at will and visit him in human shape,
and asks what caused Sampati’s altered state.
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: 44268-44284
quote_or_summary: Sampati recalls that he and Jatayus vowed near Kailasa to chase
the sun; flying upward, they viewed cities, earth, rivers, Meru, Vindhya, and
the Lord of Snow below.
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: 44285-44305
quote_or_summary: Heat and fatigue overcome the brothers; Jatayus falls, Sampati
shields him from the sun, loses his wings to the heat, drops on Vindhya, and says
he will cast himself down and die.
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: 44309-44318
quote_or_summary: Nisakar says Sampati’s wings, power, and sight will return and
that a noble deed has been foretold by prophecy known through penance.
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: 44319-44334
quote_or_summary: Nisakar foretells Rama of Ikshvaku’s line, Lakshman’s exile with
him, Ravana’s abduction of Rama’s wife, her refusal of Ravana’s offers, and Indra’s
heavenly food for her.
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: 44335-44350
quote_or_summary: Nisakar says Vanara envoys sent by Rama will seek Sampati, who
must tell them the lady’s fate and wait until the due moment for his burnt wings
to sprout anew.
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: 44351-44362
quote_or_summary: Nisakar explains that the boon is delayed until Sampati’s saving
deed frees the nations from fear and earns gratitude from the Ikshvaku princes,
gods, and saints; the hermit then says he must leave his frame.
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 is based only on the supplied passage. Motif candidates use the
provided taxonomy where directly supported; no external comparison claims are
made.
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: |-
The passage text labels within the supplied excerpt include Sampati’s story cantos; extraction follows the provided line range and metadata without adding external names or context.
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