batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l47127-l47225
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l47127-l47225
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XIV. The Asoka Grove. / Canto XXXIII. The Colloquy. / Canto XLI. The
Ruin Of The Grove. / Canto XLII. The Giants Roused.; lines 47127-47225
start: '47127'
end: '47225'
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: After the destruction of the grove, Rakshasa warders question Sita about
the giant monkey. Sita says she does not know who he is and refers to the fiends'
power to change form. Warders report to Ravana that a mighty monkey-like being
spoke with Sita, may be Rama's spy, and has ruined the beloved grove while sparing
the tree where Sita sat. Ravana sends warriors against Hanuman. Hanuman proclaims
allegiance to Rama, Lakshman, Sugriva, and his own identity as the Wind-God's
son, then defeats the attacking Rakshasas with a club. Survivors flee back to
Ravana, who sends Prahasta's son.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Startled birds cry and tall trees crash to the ground, frightening the island's
giant inhabitants.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Rakshasa warders see the Vanar standing in the devastated wood after he
has enlarged his size to scare them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The warders ask Sita whose envoy the being is, where he comes from, who he
is, and why he has come to speak with her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Sita says she cannot discern the fiends who change forms at will and says
she does not know who the being is.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Some warders surround Sita, while others report to Ravana that a mighty creature
in monkey form spoke with Sita in the grove.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The report to Ravana proposes that the being may be Indra's or Kuvera's messenger,
or a spy sent by Rama to find his consort and avenge her wrongs.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The grove is ruined by the being's arm and feet, but the tree where Sita sat
alone is spared.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Ravana's eye flashes like funeral-pyre fire, and he orders Kinkar warriors
to bring the spoiler to his feet.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Twice forty thousand warriors attack Hanuman with clubs, swords, maces, and
battle-axes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Hanuman roars, proclaims loyalty to Rama, Lakshman, and the ruler of the Vanars,
identifies himself as the Wind-God's son, and says he will chastise the city and
king before departing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Hanuman takes up a club near the porch, slays the foremost Rakshasas, leaps
onto the porch, and shouts in triumph.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The surviving giants flee to Ravana, who sends Prahasta's son to fight.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hanuman / the Vanar
description: A wondrous monkey-like Vanar who enlarges himself, speaks with Sita,
proclaims himself the Wind-God's seed and Rama's servant, and defeats Rakshasa
warriors.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sita / Janak's daughter / the Maithil dame
description: A noble lady in the grove, described as Janak's daughter and Rama's
consort, questioned by Rakshasa warders after Hanuman speaks with her.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Rakshasa warders / she-fiends
description: Female demonic warders who wake, see Hanuman, question Sita, surround
her, and report events to Ravana.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ravana
description: The king who receives the report about the ruined grove and sends warriors,
then Prahasta's son, against Hanuman.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Kinkar warriors
description: Twice forty thousand strong and fierce warriors armed for battle who
attack Hanuman at Ravana's command.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Rama / Dasaratha's heir / Kosal's king
description: Hanuman's lord, identified as Dasaratha's heir, Kosal's king, and Sita's
consort whom the report says may have sent a spy.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Named by Hanuman with Rama as an ever-glorious pair.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Prahasta's son
description: A mighty chief urged by Ravana to continue the fight after the first
warriors flee.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: envoy or messenger under suspicion
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The warders ask whose envoy he is and report possible divine or Rama-sent
missions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: Rama's servant and warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hanuman declares himself the slave of Kosal's king and defeats attacking
Rakshasas.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: destroyer of the grove
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The report says his arm and feet ruined the retreat, and the warders saw
him in the devastated wood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: guarded captive beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sita is surrounded by warders in Ravana's grove and is called Rama's consort
in the report.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: warders and informants
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They question Sita and carry the story to their king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: commanding antagonist king
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Ravana receives reports and orders warriors and a chief into battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: role:7
label: attacking soldiers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Kinkars rush on Hanuman with weapons at Ravana's command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: absent lord and husband
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Rama is named as Sita's consort and as Hanuman's king or lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: allied brother or companion named in praise
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Hanuman praises Lakshman together with Dasaratha's heir as an ever-glorious
pair.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: champion sent after defeat of troops
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Ravana urges Prahasta's son to the fight after the survivors report the slaughter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ruined grove
literal_form: Devastated wood and pleasant retreat with tall trees crashed down.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: spared tree where Sita sat
literal_form: The single tree where Sita sat alone, spared when others are overthrown.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: fire-like eye
literal_form: Ravana's eye flashing like fire that lights a funeral pyre.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: serpent proverb
literal_form: Sita's statement that a serpent knows a serpent's feet.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: battle club
literal_form: A club beside the porch, taken up by Hanuman and used against the
foremost Rakshasas.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warders wake in the devastated grove
summary: Crashing trees and bird cries wake the she-fiend warders, who see the enlarged
Vanar standing amid the ruined wood.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Sita questioned about the monkey-like visitor
summary: Rakshasa warders ask Sita who the being is and why he spoke with her; Sita
says she does not know and remarks on the fiends' ability to change form.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Report to Ravana
summary: Warders report that a mighty creature in monkey form has spoken with Sita,
may be Rama's spy or a divine messenger, and has ruined the grove while sparing
Sita's tree.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Ravana sends the Kinkars
summary: Ravana, enraged, commands Kinkar warriors to bring the spoiler to him;
the warriors attack Hanuman with many weapons.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Hanuman's proclamation and victory
summary: Hanuman roars, proclaims his allegiance and identity, promises to chastise
the city and king, then takes up a club and slays the foremost Rakshasas.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:6
label: Survivors flee and Ravana sends a champion
summary: The surviving giants flee to Ravana, whose frenzy leads him to send Prahasta's
son into the fight.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: stolen or captive beloved sought by hero's envoy
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The report calls Sita Rama's consort, says a spy may have been sent to seek
her and avenge her wrongs, and shows her guarded in Ravana's grove.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The abduction itself is not narrated in this passage; the motif is inferred
only from the report's wording and Sita's guarded situation.
- id: motif:2
label: form-changing demonic beings
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: Sita explicitly describes the fiends as beings who change their forms at
will, and the warders describe the visitor as a mighty creature in monkey form.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage asserts shapeshifting as a trait of the fiends but does not
depict an actual transformation in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: heroic envoy infiltrates enemy space and reveals power
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Hanuman is suspected to be an envoy or spy who entered the grove, spoke with
Sita, ruined the grove, proclaimed his allegiance, and defeated Ravana's warriors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage emphasizes martial
and envoy functions more than deception.
- id: motif:4
label: single spared tree amid destruction
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The grove is ruined while the tree where Sita sat alone is specifically reported
as spared.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly state a sacred status for the tree.
- id: motif:5
label: overwhelming hero defeats massed enemies
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Twice forty thousand armed warriors attack Hanuman, who slays the foremost
Rakshasas and causes survivors to flee.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this martial motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Hanuman's defeat of the Rakshasas is explicitly likened to Indra's defeat
of the Daityas who defied the gods.
claim_level: same_function
target: Indra vanquishing the Daityas
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is a simile within the passage, not evidence by itself for historical
contact or common inheritance.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 47127-47131
quote_or_summary: Cries of birds and tall trees crashing to the ground amaze the
giants and fill the island with fear.
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 47132-47138
quote_or_summary: The she-fiend warders wake, see the Vanar amid the devastated
wood, and he grows to immense size to scare them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 47139-47144
quote_or_summary: "“Whose envoy, whence, and who is he, / Why has he come to talk
with thee?”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 47145-47153
quote_or_summary: Sita says she cannot discern fiends who change forms at will,
adds that a serpent knows a serpent's feet, and says the sight has frightened
her.
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 47154-47159
quote_or_summary: Some warders press around Sita while others report to the king
that a mighty creature of their race, in monkey form, reached the grove and spoke
with Sita.
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 47160-47165
quote_or_summary: The report speculates that the being comes from Indra, is Kuvera's
messenger, or is Rama's spy seeking his consort and avenging her wrongs.
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 47166-47173
quote_or_summary: The report says his arm and feet ruined the retreat, while the
tree where Sita sat alone is spared among the overthrown trees.
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 47174-47179
quote_or_summary: Ravana's eye flashes like funeral-pyre fire, and he orders his
bravest Kinkars to bring the spoiler to his feet.
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 47180-47186
quote_or_summary: Twice forty thousand armed warriors, strong and eager for battle,
rush on Hanuman with mace, club, and battle-axe.
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 47187-47208
quote_or_summary: Hanuman roars, praises Rama and Lakshman, identifies himself as
Hanuman, the Wind-God's seed and slave of Kosal's king, and vows to chastise the
city and king before departing.
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 47209-47221
quote_or_summary: The giants remain under orders; Hanuman seizes a club by the porch,
slays the foremost Rakshasas, and is compared to Indra defeating the Daityas.
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 47222-47225
quote_or_summary: The giants flee to Ravana; enraged by their report, he sends Prahasta's
son, the mightiest of his chiefs, to fight.
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: high
notes: The event sequence and figures are explicit in the passage. Motif labels
are conservative; some depend on context implied within the report rather than
fully narrated here.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Taxonomy references limited to provided lists.
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