batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l52409-l52579
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The
Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52409-52579
start: '52409'
end: '52579'
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: The Vánar forces panic when Vibhishaṇ approaches, mistaking him for Rávaṇ's
son. Sugríva and Jámbaván halt the flight. Vibhishaṇ laments Ráma and Lakshmaṇ
fallen and bound by Indrajít's stealthy magic. Sugríva consoles him and plans
to continue the war and rescue Sítá. Susheṇ recalls healing herbs near the Milky
Ocean and proposes that swift Vánars fetch them. Before this is done, Garuḍ appears
amid storm and fiery light; serpents flee, the serpent-arrows binding the princes
vanish, and Garuḍ heals the brothers with his wing. Garuḍ identifies himself as
Ráma's old friend and guardian, warns against the giants' deceit, foretells Rávaṇ's
defeat and Sítá's release, and departs into the sky. The Vánars rejoice, and Rávaṇ
hears the noise from his hall.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Vánar hosts flee in fear when they see Vibhishaṇ approaching, believing
him to be Rávaṇ's son.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Sugríva asks Angad why the hosts are running, and Angad points to the sons
of Raghu lying on the ground, pierced by shafts and covered with blood.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Sugríva orders Jámbaván, leader of the bears, to stop the fleeing hosts, and
the flight is halted.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Vibhishaṇ looks at the fallen brothers, wets his fingers with dew, touches
their eyes, and laments that they have been overcome by stealth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Vibhishaṇ names Indrajít, his brother's son, as the one who won the victory
dishonestly.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Sugríva says the brothers will be freed from the spell by Garuḍ's aid and
will yet defeat the foe.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Sugríva tells Susheṇ to carry the brothers to Kishkindhá when they regain
strength and says he will remain to fight Rávaṇ and rescue the Maithil lady.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Susheṇ recalls that Vṛihaspati once healed wounded heavenly warriors with
herbs and spells during a battle between gods and fiends.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Susheṇ says healing herbs grow on the shore of the Milky Ocean near Chandra's
height and Droṇa, and proposes that Vánars bring them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: 'A violent storm arises: wind grows loud, red lightning flashes, mountains
shake, waves rise, and trees by the sea are uprooted.'
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Garuḍ appears in flames of fiery light, and serpents flee from his eye.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The arrows binding the princes are revealed as serpents transformed into shafts
and vanish into the ground.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:15
- id: obs:13
text: Garuḍ touches the brothers' faces with his wing, relieves their pain, closes
their wounds, restores their brightness, memory, strength, and releases them from
the bonds.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: Ráma asks the glorious being who he is after being freed from the deadly bonds.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: Garuḍ identifies himself as the lord of all that fly, Ráma's guardian and
friend, and says not even all the gods could loosen the serpent noose.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:16
text: Garuḍ warns Ráma against the giants' deceit and says Rávaṇ will bleed and
Sítá will be freed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: obs:17
text: Garuḍ departs into the sky like a blaze of fire, and the Vánars rejoice with
shouts, drums, and shells.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: obs:18
text: Rávaṇ hears the tumult from inside his hall and addresses his lords uneasily.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ráma
description: One of the sons of Raghu lying wounded and bound; he is later healed
and freed by Garuḍ and speaks to him.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lakshmaṇ
description: The other son of Raghu lying wounded and bound beside Ráma; he is later
healed and freed by Garuḍ.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:13
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Vibhishaṇ
description: A giant ally on Ráma's side who approaches the field, is mistaken for
Rávaṇ's son, halts by the fallen brothers, and laments them.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sugríva
description: The Vánar monarch who checks the panic, consoles Vibhishaṇ, commands
Susheṇ, and intends to fight Rávaṇ and rescue Sítá.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Angad
description: Chief who answers Sugríva's question about the fleeing hosts by pointing
to the wounded sons of Raghu.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Jámbaván
description: Leader of the bears who obeys Sugríva and stops the Vánars' flight.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Susheṇ
description: Adviser beside Sugríva who recounts healing herbs and proposes fetching
them from near the Milky Ocean.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Indrajít
description: Rávaṇ's son and Vibhishaṇ's nephew, described as skilled in magic arts
and responsible for the serpent bonds.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:15
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: Lord of Lanká, called a tyrant and giant king; he remains unharmed,
is expected to be defeated, and hears the Vánars' rejoicing.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:16
- ev:18
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Sítá / the Maithil lady
description: The lady held by the giant king whom Sugríva says he will bring back
and whom Garuḍ says will be freed from Rávaṇ's power.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:16
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Vṛihaspati
description: A healer in Susheṇ's recalled divine battle, using herbs and spells
to cure wounded heavenly warriors.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Panas
description: A Vánar named by Susheṇ as one who should bring healing herbs from
the mountain.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Sampáti
description: A Vánar named by Susheṇ as one who should bring healing herbs from
the mountain.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Hanúmán
description: A fleet Vánar whom Susheṇ says should bring herbs of wondrous influence.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Garuḍ
description: The king of birds, lord of all that fly, Ráma's guardian and friend;
he appears in fiery light, drives off serpents, frees and heals the brothers,
warns them, and departs into the sky.
role_refs:
- role:12
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:15
- ev:16
- ev:17
roles:
- id: role:1
label: wounded and magically bound heroes
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: The sons of Raghu lie on the ground pierced with shafts and bound by a serpent
noose until Garuḍ frees them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: role:2
label: lamenting ally
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Vibhishaṇ grieves over the fallen brothers and laments Indrajít's deceitful
victory.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: Vánar commander
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Sugríva orders Jámbaván to check the flight and directs Susheṇ about the
brothers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: consoler and war leader
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Sugríva consoles Vibhishaṇ and promises continued battle and rescue of the
captive lady.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: battlefield informant
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Angad explains to Sugríva that the army flees because the sons of Raghu are
lying wounded.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: bear leader who halts panic
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Jámbaván leads the bears and stops the Vánars' flight at Sugríva's command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: healer or healing adviser
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:11
basis: Susheṇ proposes healing herbs; Vṛihaspati is described as curing wounded
heavenly warriors with herbs and spells.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: deceptive magic attacker
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Indrajít is blamed for a dishonest victory and for binding the brothers with
magic serpent-arrows.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:15
- id: role:9
label: enemy ruler and captor
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Rávaṇ is the lord of Lanká, the giant king from whom the Maithil lady is
to be rescued, and the tyrant Garuḍ says will be defeated.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:16
- id: role:10
label: captive lady to be rescued
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Sugríva speaks of bringing the Maithil lady rescued from the giant king,
and Garuḍ says Sítá will be freed from Rávaṇ's power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:16
- id: role:11
label: prospective herb fetcher
assigned_to:
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
basis: Susheṇ names Panas, Sampáti, and Hanúmán as those who should bring the healing
herbs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:12
label: protected friend of Garuḍ
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Garuḍ tells Ráma that he has loved him from old and is his guardian and friend.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: role:13
label: avian liberator and healer
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Garuḍ appears, drives away serpents, removes the serpent bonds, touches the
brothers with his wing, and heals them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:15
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: serpent noose
literal_form: Serpents transformed into arrows binding Ráma and Lakshmaṇ's limbs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:15
- id: sym:2
label: healing herbs
literal_form: Wondrous herbs growing near the Milky Ocean and on mountain heights,
said to heal wounds and restore life, sense, and vigour
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: Milky Ocean
literal_form: A sea with white billows, associated with the earlier churning that
bore amrit on its surface
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: Chandra's height and Droṇa
literal_form: Glittering mountain heights beside the Milky Ocean where healing herbs
grow
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: Garuḍ's fiery light
literal_form: Flames of fiery light around Garuḍ and his departure like a blaze
of fire
associated_figures:
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:17
- id: sym:6
label: healing wing-touch
literal_form: Garuḍ's wing touching the brothers' faces and healing their wounds
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:7
label: storm before epiphany
literal_form: Loud wind, red lightning, shaking mountains, rising waves, and uprooted
trees before Garuḍ appears
associated_figures:
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- mountain
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: sym:8
label: drum and shell of rejoicing
literal_form: Drums and shells sounding after the brothers are freed
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Panic among the Vánars
summary: The Vánar hosts flee because they mistake the approaching Vibhishaṇ for
Rávaṇ's son and because Ráma and Lakshmaṇ lie wounded on the ground.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: The army's flight is checked
summary: Sugríva recognizes the cause of fear and orders Jámbaván to stop the fleeing
hosts; Jámbaván obeys.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Vibhishaṇ's lament over the fallen brothers
summary: Vibhishaṇ touches the eyes of the fallen brothers and laments that Indrajít
defeated them by stealth, leaving Rávaṇ unharmed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Sugríva's reassurance and plan
summary: Sugríva consoles Vibhishaṇ, predicts Garuḍ's aid, directs Susheṇ to carry
the brothers to Kishkindhá when they revive, and vows to keep fighting and rescue
Sítá.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:15
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Susheṇ's account of healing herbs
summary: Susheṇ recalls Vṛihaspati healing wounded gods and describes herbs near
the Milky Ocean and mountain heights that can heal wounds and restore life.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Storm and Garuḍ's appearance
summary: A violent storm shakes land and sea before Garuḍ appears in fiery light,
causing serpents to flee and the serpent-arrows to vanish.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: scene:7
label: Garuḍ heals and frees the brothers
summary: Garuḍ touches the brothers with his wing, heals their wounds, restores
their faculties, and releases them from the numbing bonds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: scene:8
label: Garuḍ's identification, warning, and departure
summary: Ráma asks who the rescuer is; Garuḍ identifies himself as Ráma's old friend
and guardian, explains the serpent magic, warns against deceit, predicts Rávaṇ's
defeat and Sítá's freedom, and departs skyward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:16
- ev:17
- id: scene:9
label: Rejoicing heard in Rávaṇ's hall
summary: The Vánars shout and sound drums and shells after Garuḍ's departure, and
Rávaṇ hears the tumult from his hall.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:18
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: serpent bonds as magical weapon
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
- shapeshifter
basis: Indrajít's arrows are described as mighty snakes transformed into shafts,
forming a numbing serpent noose around the brothers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes this as a specific magical act, not a general taxonomy
beyond serpent and transformation imagery.
- id: motif:2
label: avian rescuer overcomes serpents
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
basis: Garuḍ, the king of birds, appears; serpents flee from him, the serpent-arrows
vanish, and he frees the bound heroes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy has no bird or eagle category; only the serpent
aspect can be referenced.
- id: motif:3
label: healing touch restores fallen heroes
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- death_rebirth
basis: Garuḍ's wing-touch relieves pain, closes wounds, restores brightness, memory,
powers of mind, spirit, zeal, and strength to the fallen brothers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The brothers are not explicitly dead in this passage; 'resurrection' and
'death_rebirth' are approximate motif-family references for restoration from a
deathlike condition.
- id: motif:4
label: distant life-restoring herbs
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Susheṇ describes herbs near the Milky Ocean and mountain heights that heal
wounds and bestow life, sense, and vigour, and proposes that swift Vánars fetch
them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The herbs are proposed but not actually fetched or used in this passage;
Garuḍ's intervention supersedes the plan.
- id: motif:5
label: stolen beloved to be rescued from enemy king
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
- return
basis: Sugríva vows to rescue and bring back the Maithil lady from the giant king,
and Garuḍ says Sítá will be freed from Rávaṇ's power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:16
confidence: high
cautions: This passage refers to the rescue goal but does not narrate the original
abduction.
- id: motif:6
label: deceptive night or stealth victory over open fighters
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Vibhishaṇ contrasts the brothers' love of open fight with Indrajít's cowardly,
stealthy, dishonest victory, and Garuḍ warns against giants' deceit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:16
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage emphasizes deceptive
warfare rather than a named trickster figure.
- id: motif:7
label: storm and fiery epiphany of a supernatural helper
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
- water
- mountain
- tree
basis: A violent disturbance of wind, lightning, waves, mountains, and trees precedes
Garuḍ's appearance in fiery light.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a scene pattern within the passage; available taxonomy refs cover
only some literal symbols, not the full epiphany pattern.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Susheṇ explicitly frames the proposed healing herbs by comparison with an
earlier gods-versus-fiends battle in which Vṛihaspati used herbs and spells to
restore wounded heavenly warriors.
claim_level: same_function
target: divine-battle healing herbs used to restore wounded warriors
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is internal to the passage and concerns function, not
a claim of historical contact or external parallel.
- id: claim:2
claim: Sugríva compares Sítá's proposed restoration from Rávaṇ's power to Glory
restored by Śakra.
claim_level: same_function
target: restoration of a lost feminine figure by a divine ruler
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage gives only a brief simile and does not narrate the referenced
story.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 52409-52420
quote_or_summary: Vibhishaṇ approaches with mace and giant stride; the hosts near
Ráma mistake him for Rávaṇ's son and flee.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 52423-52431
quote_or_summary: Angad says the sons of Raghu lie on the ground, transfixed with
shafts and dyed with blood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized/partly quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 52432-52437
quote_or_summary: Sugríva recognizes the cause of fear and orders Jámbaván, leader
of the bears, to stop the fleeing hosts; the Vánars' flight is stayed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 52438-52447
quote_or_summary: Vibhishaṇ looks at the fallen brothers, touches their eyes with
dew-wet fingers, and laments that mighty chiefs have been brought low by stealth.
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 52448-52457
quote_or_summary: Vibhishaṇ calls Indrajít, his brother's son, dishonest in victory
and laments that Rávaṇ remains unharmed and defiant.
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 52458-52466
quote_or_summary: Sugríva tells Vibhishaṇ not to grieve, predicts that Lanká will
be his, and says the brothers will be freed from the spell by Garuḍ's aid and
defeat the robber.
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 52467-52482
quote_or_summary: Sugríva tells Susheṇ to take the restored brothers to Kishkindhá
while he remains to slay the tyrant and his kinsmen and bring back the Maithil
lady, like Glory restored by Śakra.
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 52483-52494
quote_or_summary: Susheṇ recalls a battle of gods and fiends in which Vṛihaspati
cured wounded heavenly warriors with herbs and spells and restored life, sense,
and vigour.
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 52495-52510
quote_or_summary: Susheṇ says herbs grow on the Milky Ocean's shore and on Chandra's
height and Droṇa, beside the sea once churned for amrit, and asks Panas, Sampáti,
and Hanúmán to bring them.
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 52511-52519
quote_or_summary: Wind, red lightning, shaking mountains, rising waves, and uprooted
seaside trees create a violent disturbance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: quote
locator: lines 52520-52525
quote_or_summary: Garuḍ appears as a wondrous sight, 'Disclosed in flames of fiery
light,' and serpents flee in dread from his eye.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 52526-52528
quote_or_summary: The shaft-forms that bound the princes vanish into the ground.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 52529-52543
quote_or_summary: Garuḍ touches the brothers' faces with his wing, allays pain,
closes wounds, restores their golden skin, memory, mental power, spirit, zeal,
and strength, and they stand firm.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 52544-52551
quote_or_summary: Ráma says Garuḍ's grace has freed them from deadly bonds and asks
who the mighty glorious being is.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 52552-52565
quote_or_summary: Garuḍ identifies himself as Ráma's old friend, guardian, and lord
of all that fly; he says no gods could loosen the serpent noose, and that Indrajít's
arrows were mighty snakes transformed by magic.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: lines 52566-52572
quote_or_summary: Garuḍ tells Ráma to strike the lord of Lanká while guarding against
giants' deceit, and says Rávaṇ will bleed and Sítá will be freed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: lines 52573-52579
quote_or_summary: Garuḍ goes into the sky and vanishes like a blaze of fire; the
Vánars rejoice with shouts and the roar of drum and shell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:18
type: summary
locator: following Canto LI opening within supplied passage
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ hears the deafening din from his hall and addresses his
lords with an uneasy spirit.
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: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strongly supported by the supplied passage. Some motif-family
mappings are approximate because the available taxonomy lacks categories for Garuḍ,
avian rescuers, magical weapons, and healing herbs.
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. Taxonomy references were limited to the provided motif families and symbols.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l52409-l52579
passage_sha256=3c85407eb5a1313cee81e983b15b1b3c2193f38fbce1e38e4a8ba1b70c672e47