batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l54509-l54546
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l54509-l54546
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 54509-54546
start: '54509'
end: '54546'
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: A giant Rákshas warrior intensifies the battle from his chariot while his
followers charge with maces. Arrows, rocks, and trees fly; many Vánars are slain
or wounded. The giant’s arrows bind Ráma and his brother in a net-like spell.
Ráma says the warrior’s power comes from Brahmá’s grace and urges endurance. The
brothers fall, and the Rákshas returns to Lanká to report their apparent defeat
in Rávaṇ’s hall.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The giant warrior turns his chariot toward the foe as the fight grows fiercer.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The warrior’s followers lift maces and charge with a cry.
category: action
evidence_refs:
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- id: obs:3
text: The battle includes rocks, trees, and arrows flying.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The giant shoots shafts like rain, causing many Vánars to fall slain.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Sugríva, Angad, Níla, Gaya, Hanúmán, and Mainda are struck or affected by
the arrows.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The arrows are described as forming binding nets around the sons of Raghu.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Ráma states that the warrior’s power and might are owed to Brahmá’s grace.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Ráma urges endurance under the storm of darts and anticipates loss of sense.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The sons of Raghu are overpowered by shaft and spell, reel, and fall.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The Rákshas looks on their bodies and returns to Lanká to report the princes’
fate in Rávaṇ’s hall.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: giant Rákshas warrior
description: A giant warrior and Rákshas who shoots arrows, binds opponents by shaft
and spell, and returns to Lanká after the princes fall.
role_refs:
- role:1
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evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: followers of the giant warrior
description: Followers who raise maces, charge with a cry, and later shout after
the princes fall.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Vánars
description: The monkey allies among whom many are slain by the giant’s shafts.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sugríva
description: A Vánar leader wounded by the giant’s arrows.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Angad
description: A Vánar warrior wounded by the giant’s arrows.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Níla
description: A Vánar warrior wounded by the giant’s arrows.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Gaya
description: A Vánar whose blood is drawn by the giant’s shafts.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Hanúmán
description: A Vánar hero who reels under the attack.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Mainda
description: A Vánar who sinks under the attack.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Ráma
description: One of the sons of Raghu; he speaks about the giant’s divine-backed
power and falls under shaft and spell.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Ráma’s brother chieftain
description: Ráma addresses him during the battle; he is included among the sons
of Raghu who are bound and fall.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Brahmá
description: A divine figure whose grace is said by Ráma to support the giant warrior’s
power.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: The ruler whose hall in Lanká is the destination for the Rákshas’s
report; Ráma identifies the destination as the warrior’s father’s hall.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: attacking warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He turns his chariot toward the foe and shoots arrows in battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: spell-backed victor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: His arrows bind the sons of Raghu, and they fall overpowered by shaft and
spell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: attendant fighters
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They charge with maces and shout after the princes fall.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: battlefield victims and allies of Ráma
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: The Vánars are slain in large numbers, and named Vánars are wounded or affected
by the shafts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: bound heroic opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
basis: The sons of Raghu struggle in the arrowy nets and fall under shaft and spell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: battlefield speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Ráma addresses his brother chieftain and explains the danger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: divine benefactor
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Ráma says the giant owes his power and might to Brahmá’s grace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: royal father in Lanká
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Ráma expects the victor to seek his father in his hall, and the Rákshas returns
to Rávaṇ’s hall in Lanká.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: arrow rain
literal_form: shafts and darts compared to rain and sun-glances
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: binding arrow net
literal_form: arrows described as a net cast around Ráma and his brother
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: storm of darts
literal_form: pelting darts described as a storm
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: battle chariot
literal_form: the giant’s chariot turned toward the foe
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: maces
literal_form: maces lifted by the warrior’s followers
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:6
label: rocks and trees as missiles
literal_form: rocks and trees flying in battle
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Escalation of the combat
summary: The giant warrior turns his chariot toward the enemy, his followers charge
with maces, and the battle intensifies with rocks, trees, and arrows flying.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Wounding of the Vánar allies
summary: The giant shoots shafts like rain, killing many Vánars and striking named
Vánar warriors.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Binding of the sons of Raghu
summary: The sons of Raghu are caught in net-like arrows; Ráma says the warrior’s
strength is aided by Brahmá and urges endurance under the darts.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Fall of the princes and return to Lanká
summary: Ráma and his brother fall overpowered by shaft and spell, and the Rákshas
returns to Lanká to report their fate in Rávaṇ’s hall.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: supernatural binding by arrows
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The warrior’s arrows form a binding net around the sons of Raghu, and they
fall overpowered by shaft and spell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes the binding and spell but does not name the weapon
or rite in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: divine boon empowers an otherwise unbeatable warrior
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ráma states that the giant owes his matchless power to Brahmá’s grace and
that mortal strength contends in vain against one befriended by Brahmá.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The exact nature of Brahmá’s grace is not specified in the provided passage.
- id: motif:3
label: apparent defeat of heroes reported to hostile king
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After the sons of Raghu fall, the Rákshas returns to Lanká to report the
princes’ fate in Rávaṇ’s hall.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage reports the apparent defeat and return but does not include
the report itself.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 54509-54513
quote_or_summary: The giant turns his chariot toward the foe while followers lift
maces and charge.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: 54514-54517
quote_or_summary: "“As rocks and trees and arrows flew. / The giant shot his shafts
like rain, / And Vánars fell in myriads slain”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 54518-54523
quote_or_summary: Sugríva, Angad, Níla, Gaya, Hanúmán, and Mainda are struck or
affected by the giant’s arrows and darts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; passage summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: 54524-54529
quote_or_summary: "“Caught in the arrowy nets he wove” and Ráma says the arrows
cast a binding net around them."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: 54530-54534
quote_or_summary: "“To Brahmá’s grace the chieftain owes / The matchless power and
might he shows”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 54535-54542
quote_or_summary: Ráma tells his brother to endure the storm of darts and says the
victor will go to his father’s hall to report their fall.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; passage summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: 54543-54544
quote_or_summary: "“He ceased: o’erpowered by shaft and spell / The sons of Raghu
reeled and fell.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 54545-54546
quote_or_summary: The Rákshas looks on their bodies amid followers’ shouts and speeds
back to Lanká to relate the princes’ fate in Rávaṇ’s hall.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; passage summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the provided lines. Motif labels
are descriptive and not tied to external taxonomy IDs. No comparison claims are
made because the passage itself does not provide a comparative frame.
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; uncertain identifications beyond the excerpt were avoided.
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