batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l46432-l46573
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l46432-l46573
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XI. The Banquet Hall. / Canto XII. The Search Renewed. / Canto XIII.
Despair And Hope. / Canto XIV. The Asoka Grove.; lines 46432-46573
start: '46432'
end: '46573'
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: 'Demon women threaten the captive Sítá, but the aged Rákshas matron Trijaṭá
rebukes them and recounts an ominous dream: Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá appear in
white on a heavenly chariot and on a white hill, while Rávaṇ and his kin appear
humiliated and moving southward, and Lanká falls beneath the sea. Trijaṭá warns
the demons to stop tormenting Sítá and seek her forgiveness. A translator’s note
identifies two omitted cantos as interpolated. Hanumán, concealed nearby, reflects
that he has found Sítá, has learned Rávaṇ’s strength, and must console her without
frightening her or revealing himself to the guards. He decides to begin by uttering
Ráma’s name and praise.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Some demons continue to press Sítá with threats and taunts while others seek
to report her fixed despair to the giant king.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Trijaṭá, described as an old and wise Rákshas matron of softer disposition,
reproves the demons and asks them to spare Sítá.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Trijaṭá reports a dream in which Ráma’s victory over the Rákshas race is foreshown.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: In the dream, a fair ivory chariot drawn by a hundred steeds flies through
the clouds, bearing the sons of Raghu clothed in white with shining wreaths.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: In the dream, Sítá appears in pure white on a snow-white hill whose base is
beaten by ocean waves, and she meets Ráma.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: In the dream, Sítá, Ráma, and Lakshmaṇ seem to ride on Rávaṇ’s car and flee
northward beyond the sea.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: In the dream, Rávaṇ appears shaved, shorn, oil-smeared, red-robed, intoxicated
or raving, cast from his chariot, dragged away by a woman, and carried southward
on an ass-drawn car.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: In the dream, Rávaṇ’s sons and Kumbhakarṇa also move southward, with Kumbhakarṇa
borne on a camel.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: In the dream, Lanká reels, falls, and is drowned as ocean waves roll over
its golden streets.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Trijaṭá advises the demons to flee or to stop threatening Sítá, comfort her,
and ask forgiveness in order to live.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: Hanumán watches concealed and hears the words of Sítá and the demons.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Hanumán reflects that he has finally seen the Maithil queen after a long search
by the Vánar hosts and that he has explored Rávaṇ’s palace while hidden.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: Hanumán decides that he must cheer Sítá, fearing that she may die of grief
if left unconsoled.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: Hanumán weighs whether to speak refined Sanskrit or the speech of a common
man, fearing that Sítá may mistake him for Rávaṇ if he speaks as a Brahman might.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: Hanumán fears that if Sítá cries out, the armed demons will come, and his
capture or death would ruin Ráma’s enterprise because only he can leap the sea.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: Hanumán judges that speaking to Sítá alone is sinful, but that remaining silent
while she dies would be a greater sin; he decides first to utter Ráma’s name and
praise him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sítá
description: The captive spouse of Daśaratha’s heir, weeping and threatened by demons;
also called the Maithil queen and Janak’s child.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Trijaṭá
description: A wise and old Rákshas matron who pities Sítá, rebukes the demons,
and recounts a dream.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Demon women / fiends
description: Rákshas women surrounding Sítá, threatening and taunting her, then
addressed by Trijaṭá.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Daśaratha’s heir and Sítá’s husband; in Trijaṭá’s dream he appears
with the sons of Raghu and reunites with Sítá; Hanumán plans to invoke his name.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: A prince who appears beside Ráma and Sítá in Trijaṭá’s dream.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: The giant monarch and Rákshas lord; in Trijaṭá’s dream he appears humiliated,
oil-smeared, and carried southward.
role_refs:
- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Rávaṇ’s sons
description: Princes who follow Rávaṇ southward in Trijaṭá’s dream, dripping oil
from every limb.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Kumbhakarṇa
description: A shaved and shorn figure borne southward on a camel in Trijaṭá’s dream.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Unnamed woman in dream
description: A woman who drags the fallen Rávaṇ away and throws him onto an ass-drawn
car.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Hanumán
description: A Vánar spy concealed near Sítá who has explored Rávaṇ’s palace, found
Sítá, and deliberates how to console her.
role_refs:
- role:12
- role:13
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Vánar hosts
description: The monkey hosts who had searched for the Maithil queen from east to
west and from sea to sea.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: captive beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sítá is described as the captive spouse of Daśaratha’s heir, surrounded by
hostile demons and in grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: compassionate elder
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Trijaṭá is an old wise matron moved by pity who tells the demons to spare
Sítá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: dream interpreter or omen speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Trijaṭá recounts a dream and treats it as a warning of Ráma’s victory and
Lanká’s doom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: tormenting guards
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The demon women press Sítá with threats and taunts and guard the grove where
Hanumán fears they may attack him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: victorious rescuer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Trijaṭá’s dream foreshows the Rákshas race overthrown by Ráma’s hand and
Sítá reunited with him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: faithful wife
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Trijaṭá refers to Sítá as Ráma’s faithful wife and tells the demons not to
vex her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: absent lord whose name consoles
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Hanumán plans to utter Ráma’s name first, hoping it will soothe Sítá’s fear.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: royal companion in escape vision
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Lakshmaṇ appears with Sítá and Ráma fleeing northward beyond the sea in the
dream.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: enemy king
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Rávaṇ is identified as the giant king and Rákshas lord whose palace Hanumán
has explored.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: doomed royal figure
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: Rávaṇ, his sons, and Kumbhakarṇa appear in humiliating southward movement
in Trijaṭá’s dream.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:11
label: dream agent of humiliation
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The unnamed woman drags fallen Rávaṇ away and places him on the ass-drawn
car.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:12
label: concealed spy
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Hanumán watches concealed, hears the speech, and has secretly explored Rávaṇ’s
palace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:13
label: messenger or comforter
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Hanumán decides his task is to cheer Sítá and give her hope.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:14
label: sea-crossing agent
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Hanumán states that none but he can leap a hundred leagues across the sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:15
label: search party
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The Vánar hosts have searched for Sítá from east to west and from sea to
sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: aerial ivory chariot
literal_form: A high chariot of very fair ivory drawn by a hundred steeds through
the clouds.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: white clothing and wreaths
literal_form: The sons of Raghu clothed in white with shining wreaths; Sítá clad
in purest white.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: snow-white hill by ocean
literal_form: A snow-white hill whose feet are beaten by angry ocean waves.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Rávaṇ’s shaved and oil-smeared body
literal_form: Rávaṇ shaved and shorn, besmeared with oil from head to foot, with
red robes and bare head.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: ass-drawn southern chariot
literal_form: A car drawn by asses carrying Rávaṇ southward.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: camel carrying Kumbhakarṇa southward
literal_form: Kumbhakarṇa, shaved and shorn, borne southward on a camel.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: Lanká drowned by ocean
literal_form: Ocean waves rolling over Lanká and its golden streets after the city
reels and falls.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: Ráma’s name
literal_form: Hanumán’s planned first utterance of Ráma’s name to calm Sítá.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Trijaṭá rebukes the tormentors
summary: While demon women threaten the weeping Sítá, Trijaṭá tells them to spare
her and offers herself instead.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Trijaṭá’s auspicious and ominous dream
summary: Trijaṭá reports dream visions of Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá in white and
elevated positions, followed by humiliating visions of Rávaṇ and his kin going
southward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: The drowning of Lanká and warning to the demons
summary: Trijaṭá says Lanká falls and is covered by the sea, then warns the demon
women to flee or seek Sítá’s forgiveness.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Hanumán hidden in deliberation
summary: Hanumán, concealed after locating Sítá and spying out Rávaṇ’s palace, reasons
that he must console Sítá but must speak in a way that will not terrify her or
alert the guards.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: prophetic dream of enemy downfall and rescue
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Trijaṭá’s dream is explicitly said to foreshow the Rákshas race overthrown
by Ráma, Sítá’s reunion with Ráma, Rávaṇ’s humiliation, and Lanká’s destruction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy list has no specific dream-omen category; this label is descriptive
rather than a supplied taxonomy reference.
- id: motif:2
label: captive beloved awaiting rescue
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Sítá is the captive spouse of Ráma, threatened by demons, while Trijaṭá warns
that Ráma will avenge those who vex his faithful wife and Hanumán seeks to console
her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage assumes the earlier abduction context but here directly shows
captivity, distress, and anticipated rescue.
- id: motif:3
label: hidden messenger comforts the distressed captive
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hanumán watches concealed, has found Sítá after a long search, and decides
to speak Ráma’s name and praise him to give her hope without alarming her guards.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly names the messenger-comforter
pattern.
- id: motif:4
label: search quest across land and sea
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: Hanumán says the Vánar hosts have sought Sítá from east to west and sea to
sea, and that only he can leap the hundred leagues across the sea essential to
Ráma’s enterprise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes an epic search and sea-crossing mission; the supplied
taxonomy term 'mystical_quest' is broader than the literal wording.
- id: motif:5
label: city overwhelmed by the sea as omen of defeat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Trijaṭá’s dream includes Lanká reeling, falling, and being covered by ocean
waves after visions of Rávaṇ’s humiliation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a dream omen within the passage, not a narrated physical flood
event; 'flood_and_renewal' is not used because renewal is not present.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 46432-46442
quote_or_summary: Demons threaten and taunt the weeping Sítá; Trijaṭá, a wise old
Rákshas matron moved by pity, reproves them and asks them to spare the spouse
of Daśaratha’s heir.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 46443-46463
quote_or_summary: 'Trijaṭá recounts a dream foreshowing the Rákshas race overthrown
by Ráma: an ivory aerial chariot drawn by a hundred steeds carries the white-clad
sons of Raghu; Sítá appears in white on a snow-white hill by the ocean; she meets
Ráma; Sítá, Ráma, and Lakshmaṇ seem to ride on Rávaṇ’s car toward northern realms
beyond the sea.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 46464-46482
quote_or_summary: In the dream Rávaṇ appears shaved, shorn, oil-smeared, red-robed,
raving, cast from a chariot, dragged away by a woman, placed on an ass-drawn car,
and carried southward; his sons and Kumbhakarṇa also go southward, Kumbhakarṇa
on a camel.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 46483-46496
quote_or_summary: Trijaṭá says royal Lanká reels and falls, and ocean waves roll
over its golden streets; she warns the demons to flee or die by Ráma’s hand, and
to comfort Sítá and ask forgiveness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 46515-46526
quote_or_summary: Hanumán watches concealed, hears Sítá and the demons, reflects
that he has found the Maithil queen after a long Vánar search, and has secretly
explored the palace of the Rákshas lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 46527-46542
quote_or_summary: Hanumán decides he must cheer the sorrowing royal woman; he fears
that without comfort she may die and that he would have no message to bring Ráma.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 46543-46563
quote_or_summary: Hanumán debates whether to speak refined Sanskrit or common speech,
fearing Sítá may think he is Rávaṇ; he fears alarming the demon guards and notes
that his death or capture would end Ráma’s hope because only he can leap the sea.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 46564-46573
quote_or_summary: Hanumán weighs the sin of speaking with Sítá alone against the
greater sin of silence if she dies, and decides first to utter Ráma’s name and
praise him so the name may soothe her fear.
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 because the passage clearly identifies figures,
actions, and dream imagery. Motif taxonomy mapping is more cautious where supplied
categories are broad or absent. No comparison claims were added because the passage
does not itself support an external 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'
notes: |-
Translator’s bracketed interpolation note was summarized only in the canonical passage summary and not used for motif extraction, because it concerns textual history rather than passage-level symbolic action.
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