batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l53848-l54019
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l53848-l54019
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The
Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 53848-54019
start: '53848'
end: '54019'
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: In battle Kumbhakarna resists attacks, casts a spear that Hanuman breaks,
and strikes Sugriva senseless with a mountain peak. He carries Sugriva into Lanka
amid Rakshasa celebration, but Sugriva revives, wounds him, escapes over the city
wall, and returns to Rama. Kumbhakarna resumes slaughter, faces Lakshmana, praises
his valor, and seeks Rama. Rama and Kumbhakarna exchange challenges. Rama shatters
Kumbhakarna's thrown rock and then, using named divine missiles, cuts off his
arms, legs, and head; the head destroys structures as it falls, and the body is
hurled into the sea.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Hanuman catches Kumbhakarna's spear in flight and breaks it on his knee.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Kumbhakarna tears a peak from Lanka's mountain and throws it at Sugriva, causing
Sugriva to fall senseless.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Kumbhakarna carries Sugriva through Lanka's gate while Rakshasas shout triumph
and people from terraces, houses, and towers shower scent, flowers, leaves, and
grain on him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Sugriva gradually regains life, sense, and strength, bites and rends Kumbhakarna's
side, is hurled down, rises into the sky, leaps over the city wall, and returns
to Rama's side.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Kumbhakarna renews the slaughter and consumes bloody food, killing both Vanar
foes and giant kind in his frenzy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Lakshmana wounds Kumbhakarna with arrows; Kumbhakarna praises Lakshmana's
valor and declares that his chief aim is to kill Rama.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Lakshmana replies that Rama, son of Raghu, is the mightier foe waiting for
Kumbhakarna.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Rama rains arrows on Kumbhakarna; fire and smoke burst from the giant's mouth,
his hands drop his weapons, but he continues to kill with his hands.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Kumbhakarna throws a rock at Rama, and Rama's flame-bright arrows shatter
it in flight.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Rama and Kumbhakarna exchange direct challenges before their final combat.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: obs:11
text: Rama uses a dart bearing the Wind-God's name to tear away Kumbhakarna's arm
and mace; a dart identified with Indra lops off the other arm; crescent-headed
arrows cut away the giant's legs.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:12
text: Rama's final Indra-associated shaft cuts through Kumbhakarna's neck; the head
falls with thunderous sound, crushing a gate, tower, and wall, while the body
falls into the sea and swells the ocean.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Kumbhakarna
description: A huge Rakshasa giant and champion who fights Vanars, Lakshmana, and
Rama; he casts weapons and rocks, carries Sugriva captive, boasts of his mace,
and is finally dismembered and beheaded by Rama.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Hanuman
description: A Vanar ally who catches Kumbhakarna's spear as it flies and breaks
it on his knee.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sugriva
description: The Vanar lord struck senseless by Kumbhakarna, carried into Lanka,
revived, and escaping after wounding the giant.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lakshmana / Sumitra's son
description: A valiant warrior who wounds Kumbhakarna with arrows and directs him
toward Rama.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Rama / Raghu's son
description: The heroic archer who challenges Kumbhakarna, shatters his thrown rock,
and dismembers and beheads him with arrows and divine missiles.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Vanars and bears
description: Rama's allied forces, repeatedly killed or crushed during Kumbhakarna's
attack and by the falling mace.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Rakshasas / giants
description: Kumbhakarna's side; they fill the air with clamor, celebrate Sugriva's
capture, and some are slain by Kumbhakarna's blind frenzy.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Immortals
description: Observers who sigh sadly as Kumbhakarna carries Sugriva captive.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Indra
description: Named in speech as a divine warrior who trembles to attack Kumbhakarna
on Airavat, and associated with missiles later used by Rama.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:12
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: giant antagonist
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Kumbhakarna fights Rama's allies, seeks to kill Rama, and is the main foe
in the passage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: role:2
label: captor of Sugriva
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He seizes and carries Sugriva through Lanka's gate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: weapon-breaker ally
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Hanuman intercepts and breaks Kumbhakarna's spear.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: captured and self-rescuing Vanar lord
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sugriva is knocked senseless and carried away, then revives, wounds the giant,
escapes, and returns to Rama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: secondary warrior challenger
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Lakshmana wounds Kumbhakarna and confronts him in speech before pointing
him toward Rama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: heroic archer and slayer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Rama challenges Kumbhakarna and kills him with arrows and named missiles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:7
label: allied battle host and victims
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Vanars and bears are killed by Kumbhakarna and crushed by the falling mace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: role:8
label: enemy host and celebrants
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Rakshasas celebrate Kumbhakarna's capture of Sugriva and are also killed
in his frenzy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: divine observers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Immortals sigh as Sugriva is borne captive.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: divine point of comparison and weapon association
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Indra is mentioned in Kumbhakarna's praise of Lakshmana and in association
with Rama's missiles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:12
- ev:13
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: broken spear
literal_form: Kumbhakarna's spear broken on Hanuman's knee
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: mountain peak or rock as hurled weapon
literal_form: A peak from Lanka's mountain and a later huge rock cast in battle
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: flower, scent, leaves, and grain shower
literal_form: Fragrant scent, flowery rain, blossoms, leaves, and scattered grain
falling from buildings over Kumbhakarna
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: fire and smoke from giant's mouth
literal_form: Fire and smoke bursting from Kumbhakarna's mouth when Rama's arrows
strike him
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: iron mace
literal_form: Kumbhakarna's mace, boasted to have subdued gods and Danavs, later
severed with his arm and crushing Vanars as it falls
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: sym:6
label: named divine missiles
literal_form: Darts bearing the Wind-God's name and Indra's name or ownership, used
by Rama to dismember and behead Kumbhakarna
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: sym:7
label: tree used as weapon
literal_form: A tree seized by Kumbhakarna after one arm is cut away
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:8
label: sea receiving the giant's body
literal_form: Kumbhakarna's body hurled into the sea, causing a terrific ocean swell
and crushing sea creatures
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Spear broken and Sugriva captured
summary: Kumbhakarna's spear is broken by Hanuman; he then throws a mountain peak
at Sugriva, knocks him senseless, seizes him, and enters Lanka amid celebratory
showers from the city.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Sugriva's recovery and escape
summary: Sugriva revives while in Kumbhakarna's grasp, wounds the giant with teeth
and feet, is thrown down, rises into the sky, leaps over the city wall, and returns
to Rama.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Kumbhakarna's renewed slaughter
summary: Kumbhakarna leaves the gate in fury and resumes killing, consuming bloody
food and slaying both Vanars and giants.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Lakshmana's combat and exchange
summary: Lakshmana wounds Kumbhakarna with arrows. Kumbhakarna praises him but states
his desire to kill Rama, and Lakshmana identifies Rama as the greater foe.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Rama and Kumbhakarna face each other
summary: Rama strikes Kumbhakarna with torrents of arrows, causing fire and smoke
to burst from him and making him drop his weapons. Kumbhakarna still attacks and
throws a rock, which Rama shatters, before the two exchange challenges.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:6
label: Dismemberment and fall of Kumbhakarna
summary: Rama uses named divine missiles and arrows to cut off Kumbhakarna's arms
and legs, then severs his head. The falling head crushes structures, and the body
falls into the sea.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: heroic archer slays giant champion
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama directly challenges the giant Kumbhakarna and defeats him with arrows
and divine missiles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The label is descriptive and not tied to an available taxonomy family.
- id: motif:2
label: captive warrior revives and escapes
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sugriva is carried captive after being struck senseless, regains strength,
wounds his captor, escapes over the wall, and returns to Rama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a local action pattern; it is not equated here with resurrection
or a formal return motif.
- id: motif:3
label: progressive dismemberment of monstrous foe
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama's missiles sever Kumbhakarna's arms, legs, and head in sequence before
his body falls into the sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents a battle killing; broader symbolic interpretation
is not asserted.
- id: motif:4
label: divine or named weapons decide battle
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama uses missiles identified with the Wind-God and Indra to sever Kumbhakarna's
limbs and head.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage names divine associations for the missiles, but does not explain
their origin or ritual status here.
- id: motif:5
label: warrior boast before fatal combat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Kumbhakarna boasts that he is unlike earlier foes, invokes the power of his
mace, and threatens to feed on Rama's flesh before Rama defeats him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: This is a conventional combat speech pattern; no external comparison is
made.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 53848-53855
quote_or_summary: Kumbhakarna casts a tremendous spear; Hanuman catches it in flight
and breaks it on his knee.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 53856-53861
quote_or_summary: Kumbhakarna sends a peak torn from Lanka's mountain at Sugriva,
and Sugriva falls senseless.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 53862-53874
quote_or_summary: Kumbhakarna seizes Sugriva and passes through Lanka's gate with
him; Immortals sigh, Rakshasas shout, and city dwellers shower scent, flowers,
leaves, and grain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 53875-53888
quote_or_summary: Sugriva regains strength, wounds Kumbhakarna's side with teeth
and feet, is hurled down, rises into the sky, leaps the city wall, and returns
to Rama.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 53889-53894
quote_or_summary: Kumbhakarna leaves the gate in fury, renews carnage, fills his
mouth with bloody food, and kills both Vanars and giants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 53895-53913
quote_or_summary: Lakshmana wounds Kumbhakarna with shafts; Kumbhakarna praises
Lakshmana's valor, refers to Indra on Airavat, and says he hopes to kill Rama.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 53914-53921
quote_or_summary: Lakshmana answers in scorn that Rama, son of Raghu, stands as
a mightier foe.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 53922-53937
quote_or_summary: Kumbhakarna advances, shaking the earth; Rama rains arrows. Fire
and smoke burst from the giant's mouth, he drops his weapons, yet kills many with
his hands.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 53938-53942
quote_or_summary: Kumbhakarna swings a rock over his head and flings it at Rama,
whose flame-bright arrows shatter it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 53943-53956
quote_or_summary: Rama, angry but self-possessed, challenges Kumbhakarna to draw
near and meet Rama face to face.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 53957-53970
quote_or_summary: Kumbhakarna replies that he is a mightier foe than Khara or Viradha,
boasts of his mace's power over gods and Danavs, and threatens to feed on Rama's
flesh.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 53971-53991
quote_or_summary: Rama's first arrows fail; then a Wind-God dart tears off Kumbhakarna's
arm and mace. An Indra dart lops off his left arm; crescent-headed arrows cut
away his legs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 53992-54019
quote_or_summary: Rama draws a tempest-like Indra-associated dart that severs Kumbhakarna's
head and throat. The head crushes a gate, tower, and wall, and the body falls
into the sea, swelling the ocean and crushing sea creatures.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg / Griffith translation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is explicit about figures, actions, weapons, and battle sequence.
Motif labels are descriptive and not asserted as external taxonomy matches. No
comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself establish a broader
cross-tradition 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'
notes: |-
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