batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l49276-l49447
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l49276-l49447
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March. / Canto XI.
The Summons.; lines 49276-49447
start: '49276'
end: '49447'
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: Indrajit denounces Vibhishan's fearful counsel and boasts of past victories.
Vibhishan rebukes him and urges Ravana to restore Sita to Rama. Ravana angrily
accuses Vibhishan of treachery. Vibhishan answers as Ravana's younger brother
and faithful adviser, warns of Rama's deadly arrows, and then leaves Ravana for
the sons of Raghu with four attendants. Sugriva and the Vanara leaders see the
airborne Rakshasas approach and prepare to attack if ordered.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Indrajit rejects Vibhishan's counsel as fear and cowardice and boasts that
he has defeated powerful celestial opponents.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Vibhishan tells Indrajit that his speech is rash and warns that Rama's arrows
cannot easily be endured.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Vibhishan advises Ravana to give robes, gems, precious ore, and Sita back
to Rama.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Ravana answers angrily and says it is better to live with enemies or a venomous
snake than with false familiar friends.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Ravana compares faithless friends to autumn clouds, wandering bees, and other
images of unreliability.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Vibhishan rises from his seat with four captains and a mace in hand, then
replies to Ravana.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Vibhishan acknowledges Ravana as elder brother and king, but says faithful
advisers who speak bitter truth are rare.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Vibhishan warns Ravana that snares of death surround him and urges him to
save himself, his city, his people, and his renown.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: After the dispute, Vibhishan flees to the sons of Raghu with four attendants.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The Vanara leaders see the airborne Rakshasas, and Sugriva warns that the
armed giant chief may have come to conquer and slay.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The Vanara chieftains seize fragments of rock and trees and await Sugriva's
command to attack.
category: action
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- ev:6
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name_or_label: Indrajit
description: Ravana's son, who rebukes Vibhishan and boasts of his martial power.
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- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
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name_or_label: Vibhishan
description: Ravana's younger brother, a counselor who urges the restoration of
Sita and later flees to Rama with four attendants.
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- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
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name_or_label: Ravana
description: King and elder brother of Vibhishan, who rejects Vibhishan's advice
and accuses him of false friendship.
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- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Rama / Raghu's son
description: The son of Raghu whose arrows are feared and to whom Sita is to be
restored; Vibhishan flees toward him and his brother.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sita
description: The woman whom Vibhishan urges Ravana to restore to Rama's arms.
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- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sugriva
description: Vanara king or leader who warns the Vanaras about the approaching airborne
Rakshasas.
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- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Vanara leaders
description: Vanara chieftains who see the airborne Rakshasas and prepare stones
and trees as weapons.
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- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Four attendants / four captains
description: Four brave attendants or captains accompanying Vibhishan when he leaves
Ravana and approaches the Vanaras.
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- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Airavat
description: A celestial elephant invoked in Indrajit's boast as having been thrown
to earth and deprived of tusks.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: boastful warrior advocate
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Indrajit rejects fear, praises his own conquests, and claims he can kill
the sons of earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: truth-speaking counselor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Vibhishan warns against ruin, urges restoration of Sita, and contrasts flattering
courtiers with those who speak bitter truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: defecting kinsman
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- fig:2
basis: Vibhishan identifies Ravana as his elder brother but leaves him and flees
to Raghu's sons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: angry rejecting king
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Ravana rejects Vibhishan's counsel, calls him faithless, and threatens him
for giving the advice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: opposing hero and recipient of restoration
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Vibhishan urges that Sita be restored to Rama and warns of Rama's arrows.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: beloved to be restored
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Vibhishan specifically says Sita should be restored to Rama's arms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: watchful allied leader
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Sugriva observes the approaching Rakshasas and warns the Vanaras to beware.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: armed responders
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The Vanara chieftains seize rocks and trees and await an order to kill the
perceived foes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: armed companions
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Four captains or attendants accompany Vibhishan and are described as brave,
bold, mailed, and golden-arrayed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: venomous snake as dangerous companion
literal_form: venomed snake
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: fiery arrows of vengeance
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associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:3
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- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: Meru-like airborne giant
literal_form: Meru's peak used as a comparison for Vibhishan's size in the air
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: mace held by Vibhishan
literal_form: mace in hand
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: rocks and trees used as weapons
literal_form: fragments of rock and trees seized by the Vanara chieftains
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: Airavat's tusks in martial boast
literal_form: tusks drawn from Airavat's head
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Indrajit's boast against Vibhishan's counsel
summary: Indrajit rejects Vibhishan's warning as cowardice and boasts that his power
has frightened gods and subdued celestial beings.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Vibhishan urges restoration of Sita
summary: Vibhishan rebukes Indrajit's rashness and counsels Ravana to preserve his
people by giving gifts and restoring Sita to Rama.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Ravana condemns Vibhishan as a false friend
summary: Ravana angrily declares that false friends are worse than enemies or venomous
snakes and compares them to unreliable natural images.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Vibhishan's final warning to Ravana
summary: Vibhishan rises with four captains and a mace, acknowledges Ravana's seniority,
warns of death and Rama's arrows, and urges Ravana to save himself and Lanka's
people.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Vibhishan's flight and the Vanaras' alarm
summary: Vibhishan flees through the air to the sons of Raghu with four attendants;
Sugriva and the Vanara leaders suspect hostile intent and prepare rocks and trees
as weapons.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: rejected wise counsel before disaster
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Vibhishan repeatedly offers practical warning and advises restoration of
Sita, but Ravana rejects him as faithless.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the counsel as wise and faithful, but the actual disaster
lies beyond this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: stolen beloved to be restored
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Vibhishan explicitly advises Ravana to restore Sita to Rama's arms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This excerpt refers to the restoration of Sita but does not narrate her
abduction.
- id: motif:3
label: kinsman defects from doomed ruler
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: After Ravana rejects him, Vibhishan leaves his elder brother and king and
flees to the sons of Raghu with attendants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage presents political and moral
defection rather than a ritualized journey.
- id: motif:4
label: heroic enemy's fiery weapons as impending judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- fire
basis: Vibhishan warns that Rama's gold-bright, fiery arrows will strike Ravana
dead in vengeance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses imagery of fire and death; it does not explicitly call
the attack divine judgment.
- id: motif:5
label: suspicion of approaching stranger allies
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sugriva interprets the airborne arrival of Vibhishan and his four attendants
as a possible attack and the Vanaras prepare to kill them if ordered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a local narrative pattern without a supplied taxonomy reference.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 49276-49307
quote_or_summary: Indrajit denounces Vibhishan as cowardly, asks what Rama and Lakshman
can do, and boasts of subduing the lord of earth, heaven, and hell and drawing
Airavat's tusks.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 49308-49340
quote_or_summary: Vibhishan rebukes Indrajit's rashness, warns of Raghu's son's
fiery arrows, and urges Ravana to give riches and restore Sita to Rama.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 49341-49391
quote_or_summary: Ravana, in fury, says it is better to live with enemies or a venomous
snake than with false friends, compares such friends to unreliable natural images,
and threatens any giant who gave such advice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 49392-49426
quote_or_summary: Vibhishan rises with four captains and mace in hand, acknowledges
Ravana as elder brother and king, says true speakers are rare, warns that death
surrounds Ravana, and urges him to save himself, his town, his people, and his
renown.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 49427-49437
quote_or_summary: Vibhishan flees to Raghu's sons; the Vanara leaders see the airborne
Rakshasa, bright as a thunderbolt and like Meru's peak, with four mailed attendants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 49438-49447
quote_or_summary: Sugriva warns the Vanaras that the giant chief and four others
may have come armed to conquer and slay; the Vanara chieftains seize rocks and
trees and await his order.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Figures, actions, and scenes are directly supported by the supplied passage.
Motif labels use broad supplied taxonomy references where appropriate; 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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. Comparison claims are empty because the passage itself does not establish an external comparative claim.
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