batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l51677-l51816
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l51677-l51816
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains. / Canto XXXI. The Magic Head. / Canto XXXVII.
Preparations. / Canto XXXVIII. The Ascent Of Suvela.; lines 51677-51816
start: '51677'
end: '51816'
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: Rama reacts to Sugriva's wounds, orders the Vanar army to besiege Lanka,
sends Angad as envoy to warn Ravana to restore the Maithil lady and seek pardon,
and Angad demonstrates his strength after Ravana orders him seized.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Rama sees bloody marks on Sugriva, embraces him, and reproves him for risking
his life rashly.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Sugriva says he could not endure looking upon the giant king who robbed Rama
of his wife.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Rama orders Lakshman to marshal the legions and says the armies will ascend
the walls defended by Ravana's forces.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Rama and the Vanar captains take assigned positions around Lanka's gates and
surrounding woods.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The army surrounds Lanka so closely that even the wind can scarcely pass,
and its shout shakes the city.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Rama sends Angad to Ravana with a warning to restore the Maithil lady, seek
pardon, or face destruction.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Angad enters Ravana's abode by an aerial route and identifies himself as Rama's
envoy and Bali's son.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Angad tells Ravana that Vibhishan will be anointed king after Ravana is slain.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Ravana orders Angad seized and killed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Angad allows four captors to seize him, holds them fast, leaps to the palace
roof, hurls them down, breaks a turret, and returns to Rama.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rama / Raghu's son
description: Leader who reproves Sugriva, commands the siege, and sends Angad with
a warning to Ravana.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sugriva
description: King and ally of Rama, seen with bloody traces on his limbs and face
after confronting Ravana.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Rama instructs him to marshal the legions.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ravana / Rákshas King
description: Giant king of Lanka, accused of stealing Rama's wife and commanding
Rakshasa forces.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Angad
description: Son of Bali and envoy sent by Rama into Ravana's presence; he displays
strength when seized.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Vibhishan
description: Named by Rama as one who feared for Sugriva; Angad says he will be
anointed king after Ravana's defeat.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Maithil lady / Rama's wife
description: The woman Ravana is accused of stealing and whom Rama demands be restored.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Vanar armies and captains
description: The Vanar hosts are marshalled around Lanka under captains including
Nila, Mainda, Dwivid, Angad, Hanuman, and Sugriva.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Rakshasas / giant foes
description: Forces inside Lanka, appalled by the besieging army's shout and threatened
by Rama's warning.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Four captors
description: Four members of Ravana's band seize Angad at Ravana's command and are
hurled down by him.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: besieging commander
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama orders the legions, chooses the northern gate, and directs protection
of the troops.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: wronged husband demanding restoration
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama's speeches identify Ravana as the one who stole his wife and demand
her return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: wounded ally and king
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sugriva is described as a kingly ally whose limbs and face show bloody traces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: marshal of legions
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Rama directly orders Lakshman to marshal the legions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: besieged monarch
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Ravana stands with armed forces at Lanka's northern gate and sits among counsellors
in his abode.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: abductor and tyrant
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Rama and Angad accuse Ravana of stealing the dame and oppressing others.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: envoy
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Angad is sent by Rama to speak a warning in Ravana's presence and identifies
himself as envoy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: strength-displaying warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Angad deliberately shows strength by restraining captors, leaping to the
roof, hurling them down, and breaking a turret.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: future anointed king
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Angad says Vibhishan will be anointed king and reign in peace after Ravana's
death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: stolen beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The passage repeatedly describes her as Rama's wife or dame stolen by Ravana
and demanded back.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: besieging host
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Vanars are ordered, assigned to gates, and surround Lanka's walls.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:12
label: defending host
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Rakshasas defend the walls and are within the city when the besieging host
shouts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:13
label: failed captors
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: They seize Angad but are held, carried, and thrown down by him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: blood
literal_form: Bloody traces on Sugriva and predicted Rakshasa blood in Lanka's streets.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: fortified gates and walls
literal_form: Lanka's walls, ramparts, and gates assigned to besieging captains.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: fire imagery
literal_form: Rama threatens sword and flame; Angad speeds like embodied flame;
Rama's shaft is called fiery.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: aerial path and sky
literal_form: Angad travels by an airy road, Ravana is warned that flight into the
sky will not save him, and Angad springs to the sky.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:4
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: mountain peak image
literal_form: Rama descends from a peak; Angad's breaking of the turret is compared
to Indra's lightning rending the peak of the Lord of Snow.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rama reproves Sugriva
summary: Rama sees Sugriva wounded, embraces him, warns him against rash danger,
and hears Sugriva's explanation that he could not endure Ravana.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Deployment around Lanka
summary: Rama orders Lakshman to marshal the army; the Vanar captains take positions
at Lanka's gates and surrounding woods.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: The besieging shout
summary: The Vanar forces surround Lanka so completely that the city and its natural
and built features shake under their collective shout.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Rama's ultimatum sent by Angad
summary: Rama sends Angad to Ravana with a warning to restore the Maithil lady and
seek pardon or face destructive punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Angad's embassy in Ravana's court
summary: Angad enters Ravana's abode, declares himself Rama's envoy, warns Ravana,
and says Vibhishan will be anointed king after Ravana's fall.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Seizure and display of strength
summary: Ravana orders Angad seized; Angad holds his captors, leaps to the roof,
throws them down, breaks a turret, and returns to Rama.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: stolen beloved recovered by threat of war
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Ravana is repeatedly accused of stealing Rama's wife or dame, and Rama demands
her return before battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage contains the demand and accusation, not the original abduction
or recovery.
- id: motif:2
label: ascent and aerial movement in heroic conflict
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Rama says the armies will ascend Lanka's walls, and Angad moves by an airy
route, leaps to the roof, and springs to the sky.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: Some ascent language is tactical movement rather than a full mythic ascent
episode.
- id: motif:3
label: legitimate succession after tyrant's fall
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Angad declares that Vibhishan will be anointed king and reign in peace after
Ravana is slain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage announces future anointing but does not narrate the coronation.
- id: motif:4
label: merciful warning before destruction
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama, described as acting from kingly duty, sends Angad with a final warning
that offers return of the lady and pardon before annihilation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this motif label.
- id: motif:5
label: heroic envoy displays power in enemy court
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Angad enters Ravana's court as envoy and, after being seized, demonstrates
strength by overpowering captors and damaging the palace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this envoy-display pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 51677-51691
quote_or_summary: Rama sees bloody traces on Sugriva, embraces and reproves him;
Sugriva says he could not endure the giant king who robbed Rama of his wife.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 51692-51728
quote_or_summary: Rama orders Lakshman to marshal the legions, says the armies will
ascend Lanka's walls, descends from the peak, and assigns posts at the gates to
Rama, Nila, Angad, Hanuman, and Sugriva.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 51729-51740
quote_or_summary: The Vanar forces surround Lanka on every side; their shout is
compared to the ocean's roar and shakes Lanka, alarming the giants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 51741-51772
quote_or_summary: 'Rama sends Angad to warn Ravana: return the Maithil lady, seek
pardon, or Rama will destroy the Rakshasas and strike Ravana even if he flees
to the sky.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 51773-51795
quote_or_summary: Angad travels like embodied flame into Ravana's abode, announces
he is Rama's envoy and Bali's son, warns Ravana, demands restoration of the dame,
and says Vibhishan will be anointed king.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 51796-51816
quote_or_summary: Ravana orders Angad seized; Angad holds the four captors, leaps
to the palace roof, throws them down, breaks a turret like lightning rending a
snowy mountain peak, springs skyward, and returns to Rama.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal actions and figures are clear in the supplied passage. Motif assignments
use only the supplied taxonomy where directly supported; comparison claims are
omitted because the passage itself does not establish an external comparison.
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'
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No external traditions or comparisons were added beyond the supplied passage and available taxonomy references.
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