batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l56792-l56825
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l56792-l56825
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto CXXIII. The Magic Car. / Canto CXXIV. The Departure. / Canto CXXV.
The Return. / Canto CXXVI. Bharat Consoled.; lines 56792-56825
start: '56792'
end: '56825'
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: 'An unnamed speaker greets long-awaited joyful news and asks for Rama''s
losses, gains, woes, and triumphs. Hanuman then recounts Rama''s wanderings: events
in Dandaka wood, encounters with Viradha, Sarabhanga, and Indra, Surpanakha''s
rejected approach and mutilation, battles with giants, the pursuit of the golden
deer, Ravana''s abduction of the Maithil queen, Jatayus''s death while defending
her, and Rama''s renewed search, sea-bridge, pursuit, and recovery of his queen.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: An unnamed speaker says long years passed in doubt and fear before glorious
tidings arrived.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker asks to hear Rama's woes, triumphs, losses, and gains.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Hanuman tells the tale of Rama's wanderings beginning in the shade of Dandaka
wood.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Hanuman recounts Viradha's fall and Rama's visit to Sarabhanga's cell, where
Rama saw Indra descend from the sky.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Hanuman recounts Surpanakha's amorous approach, her repulse, and her flight
after losing her nose and ears.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Hanuman recounts Rama subduing a multitude of giants, including Khara, Trisiras,
and Dushan.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Hanuman recounts Rama pursuing and shooting a golden deer after being tempted
away from his cot.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Hanuman recounts Ravana stealing away the Maithil queen.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Hanuman recounts Jatayus giving his life while fighting to save the queen.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Hanuman recounts Rama renewing the search, pursuing the robber to his hold,
bridging the sea from shore to shore, and finding his queen.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Unnamed speaker
description: A speaker who receives joyful tidings after long fear and asks to hear
Rama's story.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Hanuman
description: Mighty-souled teller of the tale of Rama's wanderings.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Rama
description: Central figure whose wanderings, battles, search, sea-bridge, and recovery
of his queen are recounted.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Viradha
description: A fierce figure whose fall is recounted.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sarabhanga
description: Associated with the cell where Rama saw Indra descend from the sky.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Indra
description: A divine figure seen by Rama descending from the skies at Sarabhanga's
cell.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Surpanakha
description: Approaches with amorous desire, is repulsed, and flees with nose and
ears cut off.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Khara
description: Leader of troops among the giants defeated by Rama.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Trisiras
description: Named among the giants who bled in Rama's battle.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Dushan
description: Named among the giants who bled in Rama's battle.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Ravana
description: The figure who steals away the Maithil queen and is pursued by Rama.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Maithil queen
description: Rama's queen, stolen by Ravana and later found by Rama.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Jatayus
description: Gives his noble life while fighting to save the Maithil queen.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: receiver of tidings and requester of narrative
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker welcomes the tidings and asks to hear the account of Rama's experiences.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: messenger-narrator
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Hanuman tells the tale of Rama's wanderings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: wandering hero
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage frames the account as Rama's wanderings beginning in Dandaka
wood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: rescuer and seeker of abducted queen
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Rama renews the search, pursues the robber, bridges the sea, and finds his
queen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: defeated adversary
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: These figures are named in accounts of opponents falling, bleeding, or being
subdued by Rama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: forest ascetic or cell-holder
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Sarabhanga is named through his cell, where Rama sees Indra descend.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: divine visitor from the sky
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Indra is described as descending from the skies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: rejected amorous figure
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Surpanakha comes with amorous flame, is repulsed, and flees mutilated.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: abductor
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Ravana steals away the Maithil queen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: abducted queen
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The Maithil queen is stolen by Ravana and later found by Rama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: self-sacrificing defender
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Jatayus gives his life while fighting to save the queen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: golden deer
literal_form: A golden deer pursued and shot by Rama after tempting him away from
his cot.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: sea crossed by bridge
literal_form: The sea bridged from shore to shore during Rama's pursuit.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: Dandaka wood
literal_form: A drear wooded setting where the account of Rama's wanderings begins.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Joyful tidings after fear
summary: An unnamed speaker says that long doubt and fear have ended with glorious
tidings and asks for the story of Rama's experiences.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Hanuman recounts Rama's wanderings
summary: Hanuman begins narrating Rama's wanderings from Dandaka wood through encounters
with Viradha, Sarabhanga, Indra, and Surpanakha.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Battles with giants
summary: Rama's might subdues a multitude of giants, and Khara, Trisiras, and Dushan
are named among those who bleed.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Golden deer, abduction, and Jatayus's death
summary: Rama is tempted away by a golden deer, Ravana steals the Maithil queen,
and Jatayus dies fighting to save her.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Search, sea-bridge, and recovery
summary: Rama renews the search, pursues the robber to his hold, bridges the sea
from shore to shore, and finds his queen.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Long-awaited joyful return or good news after suffering
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: The passage opens with joy after long years of doubt and fear, and Hanuman's
account culminates in Rama finding his queen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives a retrospective summary and does not fully narrate the
actual homecoming within this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Abduction of the beloved queen
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Ravana steals away the Maithil queen, and Rama renews the search to find
her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage summarizes the abduction rather than presenting the full episode.
- id: motif:3
label: Heroic quest and pursuit across a boundary
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: Rama searches for the abducted queen, pursues the robber to his hold, and
bridges the sea from shore to shore.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label is broad; the passage emphasizes pursuit and recovery
more than an explicitly mystical quest.
- id: motif:4
label: Self-sacrificing defense of an abducted woman
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Jatayus gives his noble life while fighting to save the Maithil queen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The sacrifice is martial and protective; no ritual sacrifice is described.
- id: motif:5
label: Tempting golden animal leads hero away
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama is tempted from his cot, pursues, and shoots the golden deer immediately
before Ravana steals the queen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explain the deer's nature or intent beyond its tempting
effect.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 56792-56800
quote_or_summary: "“In doubt and fear long years have passed / And glorious tidings
come at last”; the speaker asks to hear Rama's woes, triumphs, loss, and gain."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 56801-56804
quote_or_summary: Hanuman tells “The tale of Ráma’s wanderings” beginning in “Daṇḍak
wood.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 56805-56808
quote_or_summary: Hanuman says Viradha fell and describes Sarabhanga's cell where
Rama saw Indra descend from the skies.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 56809-56812
quote_or_summary: Surpanakha comes with amorous desire, is repulsed, and flees in
rage and tears after her nose and ears are cut off.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 56813-56816
quote_or_summary: Rama subdues a furious multitude of giants; Khara, Trisiras, and
Dushan are named among the defeated.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 56817-56822
quote_or_summary: Rama pursues and shoots the golden deer; Ravana steals the Maithil
queen; Jatayus gives his life fighting to save her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 56823-56825
quote_or_summary: Rama renews the search, pursues the robber to his hold, bridges
the sea from shore to shore, and finds his queen.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is a compressed retrospective narrative, allowing high confidence
for literal extraction but only medium confidence for broad motif labeling. No
passage-supported cross-text comparison claims were added.
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: |-
Extraction uses only the supplied passage and metadata. Names are retained as given in the passage translation.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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