batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l57608-l57690
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label: CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57608-57690
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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: 'After Rāma’s return to Ayodhyā, Agastya recounts genealogical and mythic
background concerning Rāma’s enemies: the origins of Viśravas, Kuvera, the Rākshasas,
their occupation of Laṅkā, conflicts with the gods and Viṣṇu, the birth of Rāvaṇa
and his siblings, and the boons obtained by Rāvaṇa, Vibhīṣaṇa, and Kumbhakarṇa
through austerities or divine intervention.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Rāma has returned to Ayodhyā, taken the throne, and receives assembled rishis;
Agastya answers his questions about former enemies.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Pulastya proclaims that any damsel he again sees near his hermitage will become
pregnant; Triṇavindu’s daughter later comes near and becomes pregnant.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Triṇavindu brings his pregnant daughter to Pulastya, who accepts her as wife;
she bears Viśravas.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Viśravas marries Bharadvāja’s daughter, who bears Vaiśravaṇa-Kuvera; Brahmā
grants Kuvera a boon making him a world guardian and god of riches.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Kuvera takes possession of Laṅkā, a city built by Viśvakarmān for the Rākshasas
and abandoned by them through fear of Viṣṇu.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Agastya says Brahmā created the waters and formed beings, some called Rākshasas,
to guard them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Sukeśa is abandoned as a child, seen by Śiva and Pārvatī, made as old as his
mother and immortal, and given a celestial city.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Sukeśa’s sons Mālyavat, Sumāli, and Māli perform austerities; Brahmā grants
them invincibility and long life, after which they harass the gods.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Viśvakarmā gives the three Rākshasa brothers Laṅkā on Mount Trikūṭa by the
southern ocean.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The oppressed gods and rishis seek aid; Mahādeva directs them to Viṣṇu, who
promises to destroy the Rākshasas.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Viṣṇu defeats the Rākshasas, kills Māli, drives the survivors back to Laṅkā,
and says he will destroy them even if they flee to Pātāla.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Sumāli sends his daughter Kaikasī to woo Viśravas; she becomes mother of Rāvaṇa,
Kumbhakarṇa, Śūrpaṇakhā, and Vibhīṣaṇa.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Rāvaṇa performs austerity at Gokarṇa and repeatedly casts his heads into the
fire as oblations before Brahmā appears.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: Brahmā refuses Rāvaṇa immortality but grants him protection against beings
more powerful than men, restoration of his sacrificed heads, and the power to
assume any shape.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: Vibhīṣaṇa asks to remain devoted to righteousness even in calamity and receives
this boon along with immortality.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: The gods intervene before Kumbhakarṇa’s boon because he has devoured Apsarases,
Indra’s followers, rishis, and men; Sarasvatī enters his mouth so that he asks
for long sleep.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rāma
description: King returned to Ayodhyā; later identified in Agastya’s account with
Nārāyaṇa, the eternal indestructible god.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Agastya
description: Rishi who answers Rāma’s questions and recounts particulars about his
old enemies.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Pulastya
description: Austere Brahman rishi, son of Brahmā, whose proclamation causes Triṇavindu’s
daughter to become pregnant; father of Viśravas.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Daughter of Triṇavindu
description: Daughter of the royal rishi Triṇavindu; becomes pregnant near Pulastya’s
hermitage, is accepted by Pulastya as wife, and bears Viśravas.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Viśravas
description: Son of Pulastya; austere religious sage; father of Kuvera and, through
Kaikasī, Rāvaṇa and his siblings.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Vaiśravaṇa-Kuvera
description: Son of Viśravas; performs austerities and receives from Brahmā the
status of world guardian and god of riches; dwells in Laṅkā.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Brahmā
description: Creator of the waters and giver of boons to Kuvera, the Rākshasa brothers,
Rāvaṇa, Vibhīṣaṇa, and Kumbhakarṇa.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Rākshasas
description: Beings formed by Brahmā to guard the waters; later associated with
Laṅkā and conflict against gods and rishis.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Sukeśa
description: Abandoned child made mature and immortal by Śiva and Pārvatī; father
of Mālyavat, Sumāli, and Māli.
role_refs:
- role:10
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Śiva / Mahādeva
description: Deity who, with Pārvatī, helps Sukeśa; later declines to kill the Rākshasas
because of Sukeśa and directs supplicants to Viṣṇu.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Pārvatī
description: Wife of Śiva; participates in making Sukeśa mature and immortal and
giving him a celestial city.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Mālyavat, Sumāli, and Māli
description: Three sons of Sukeśa; obtain invincibility and long life from Brahmā,
harass gods and rishis, and fight Viṣṇu; Māli is slain.
role_refs:
- role:9
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Viśvakarmān
description: Builder who made Laṅkā for the Rākshasas and later gave it to the three
Rākshasa brothers at Indra’s command.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Viṣṇu
description: Deity feared by earlier Rākshasas; promises the gods he will destroy
their Rākshasa enemies and defeats them in battle.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Kaikasī
description: Daughter of Sumāli; sent to woo Viśravas; mother of Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa,
Śūrpaṇakhā, and Vibhīṣaṇa.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Rāvaṇa
description: Son of Kaikasī and Viśravas; performs severe austerities, sacrifices
his heads into fire, and receives powers from Brahmā.
role_refs:
- role:12
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Kumbhakarṇa
description: Son of Kaikasī and Viśravas; devours rishis and other beings; through
divine intervention asks for many years of sleep.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Śūrpaṇakhā
description: Child of Kaikasī and Viśravas, named among Rāvaṇa’s siblings.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Vibhīṣaṇa
description: Righteous son of Kaikasī and Viśravas; asks for steadfast righteousness
and receives immortality.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: Sarasvatī
description: Goddess summoned by Brahmā to enter Kumbhakarṇa’s mouth and speak for
him.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: enthroned king
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rāma has returned to Ayodhyā and taken possession of the throne.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: mythic narrator
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Agastya answers Rāma’s questions and recounts background about old enemies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: austere sage
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
basis: Pulastya and Viśravas are described as austere religious sages.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: lineage parent
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:9
- fig:15
basis: These figures are identified as parents or mothers within the genealogical
account.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: world guardian and god of riches
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Brahmā grants Kuvera a boon making him one of the guardians of the world
and god of riches.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: possessor of Laṅkā
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Kuvera takes possession of the formerly abandoned city of Laṅkā.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: creator and boon-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Brahmā creates waters and grants major boons after austerities or requests.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:8
label: divine destroyer of Rākshasas
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:14
basis: Viṣṇu promises to destroy the Rākshasas; Agastya identifies Rāma as Nārāyaṇa
who alone can destroy them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: oppressors of gods and rishis
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:12
basis: The Rākshasas and Sukeśa’s sons harass or oppress gods, rishis, and others.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: abandoned miraculously transformed child
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Sukeśa is abandoned, then made mature and immortal by Śiva and Pārvatī.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: divine benefactor
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
basis: Śiva and Pārvatī bestow maturity, immortality, and a celestial city on Sukeśa.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:12
label: boon-empowered Rākshasa ruler or warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:12
- fig:16
basis: The Rākshasa brothers and Rāvaṇa gain powers through austerities and boons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:13
label: divine city builder
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Viśvakarmān is said to have built Laṅkā for the Rākshasas.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:14
label: self-sacrificing ascetic seeker of power
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Rāvaṇa performs penance and sacrifices his own heads into fire to obtain
a boon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:15
label: devourer placed under sleep
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: Kumbhakarṇa has eaten divine and human beings; divine intervention causes
him to ask for years of sleep.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:16
label: righteous boon recipient
assigned_to:
- fig:19
basis: Vibhīṣaṇa asks to think only of righteousness and is granted immortality.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:17
label: speech-altering divine agent
assigned_to:
- fig:20
basis: Sarasvatī enters Kumbhakarṇa’s mouth so she may speak for him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: waters guarded by created beings
literal_form: waters
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: fire of head oblation
literal_form: fire receiving Rāvaṇa’s sacrificed heads
associated_figures:
- fig:16
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: Mount Trikūṭa
literal_form: mountain on the shore of the southern ocean where Laṅkā is located
associated_figures:
- fig:12
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Laṅkā
literal_form: city built for the Rākshasas, abandoned, occupied by Kuvera, and later
given to Rākshasa brothers
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:12
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: many-year sleep
literal_form: boon-like stupefaction expressed as sleep for many years
associated_figures:
- fig:17
- fig:20
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: shapeshifting power
literal_form: power of assuming any shape
associated_figures:
- fig:16
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rāma receives the rishis and questions Agastya
summary: After enthronement in Ayodhyā, Rāma receives rishis; Agastya begins answering
questions about Rāma’s former enemies.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Pulastya’s proclamation and the birth of Viśravas
summary: Pulastya’s proclamation causes Triṇavindu’s daughter to become pregnant
when she comes near his hermitage; she becomes his wife and bears Viśravas.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Kuvera gains office and Laṅkā
summary: Kuvera is born to Viśravas, performs long austerities, receives from Brahmā
world-guardian status and lordship of riches, and occupies Laṅkā.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:13
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Creation and early Rākshasa lineage
summary: Brahmā creates waters and guardian beings called Rākshasas; the genealogy
proceeds through Heti and others to Sukeśa, who is abandoned and divinely transformed
by Śiva and Pārvatī.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Sukeśa’s sons gain boons and Laṅkā
summary: Mālyavat, Sumāli, and Māli perform austerities, receive invincibility and
long life from Brahmā, harass the gods, and receive Laṅkā on Mount Trikūṭa.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:12
- fig:7
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Gods appeal for deliverance and Viṣṇu defeats the Rākshasas
summary: The gods and rishis seek aid; Mahādeva redirects them to Viṣṇu, who promises
destruction, defeats the Rākshasas, kills Māli, and drives them back.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:14
- fig:12
- fig:8
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Sumāli’s plan and the birth of Rāvaṇa’s generation
summary: Sumāli, dwelling in Pātāla, sees Kuvera’s splendor and sends Kaikasī to
woo Viśravas; she bears Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, Śūrpaṇakhā, and Vibhīṣaṇa.
figure_refs:
- fig:12
- fig:6
- fig:15
- fig:5
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
- fig:19
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:8
label: Rāvaṇa’s austerity and boon
summary: Rāvaṇa performs long penance at Gokarṇa, offers his heads into fire, and
receives from Brahmā restored heads, protection from powerful non-human beings,
and shapeshifting power.
figure_refs:
- fig:16
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:9
label: Boons of Vibhīṣaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa
summary: Vibhīṣaṇa receives righteousness and immortality; the gods prevent Kumbhakarṇa
from receiving a dangerous boon by having Sarasvatī speak through him, resulting
in long sleep.
figure_refs:
- fig:19
- fig:17
- fig:7
- fig:20
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: genealogical sacred birth leading to powerful lineages
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
basis: The passage traces important figures through unusual or significant births,
including pregnancy caused by Pulastya’s proclamation and the births of Kuvera
and Rāvaṇa’s generation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a genealogical summary; not every birth is explicitly miraculous
or sacred in the same way.
- id: motif:2
label: abandoned child divinely transformed
taxonomy_refs:
- miraculous_child
basis: Sukeśa is abandoned, discovered by Śiva and Pārvatī, made mature and immortal,
and given a celestial city.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The account is brief and summarized rather than narrated in detail.
- id: motif:3
label: austerity exchanged for divine boon
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Kuvera, Sukeśa’s sons, and Rāvaṇa obtain major powers or offices after long
austerities; Vibhīṣaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa also receive boons from Brahmā.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents several different boon scenes with different moral
valences.
- id: motif:4
label: self-sacrifice into fire for power
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Rāvaṇa repeatedly casts his own heads into fire as oblations during penance
before Brahmā grants him powers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The act is ascetic and transactional rather than a communal sacrificial
rite.
- id: motif:5
label: boon of shapeshifting
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: Brahmā grants Rāvaṇa the power to assume any shape he wishes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the power but does not show Rāvaṇa using it in this
excerpt.
- id: motif:6
label: divine deliverer destroys oppressive beings
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The oppressed gods and rishis appeal for help, and Viṣṇu promises to destroy
the Rākshasas, defeats them, and kills Māli.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames the action as fulfillment of a promise to the gods;
the term judgment is interpretive.
- id: motif:7
label: royal and territorial legitimacy through genealogy and possession of Laṅkā
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The passage links authority over Laṅkā to earlier builders, abandonment,
Kuvera’s possession, and later Rākshasa claims, while also tracing the genealogy
of major rulers and enemies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: Legitimacy is inferred from possession and lineage; the passage does not
explicitly argue a legal claim.
- id: motif:8
label: divinely imposed sleep as containment
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The gods fear Kumbhakarṇa’s destructive appetite and arrange, through Brahmā
and Sarasvatī, that his boon become many years of sleep.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches sleep as containment.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 57608-57612
quote_or_summary: After Rāma returns to Ayodhyā and takes the throne, rishis assemble
to greet him, and Agastya answers his questions about old enemies.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 57612-57621
quote_or_summary: Pulastya proclaims that any damsel seen again near his hermitage
will become pregnant; Triṇavindu’s daughter comes there, becomes pregnant, is
accepted as Pulastya’s wife, and bears Viśravas.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 57621-57635
quote_or_summary: Viśravas fathers Kuvera; after austerities Kuvera receives from
Brahmā the offices of world guardian and god of riches, and later occupies Laṅkā,
built by Viśvakarmān for the Rākshasas but abandoned through fear of Viṣṇu.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 57635-57648
quote_or_summary: Agastya explains that Brahmā created waters and formed some beings
called Rākshasas to guard them; the early lineage leads to Sukeśa, abandoned as
a child and then made mature and immortal by Śiva and Pārvatī, who give him a
celestial city.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 57648-57657
quote_or_summary: Sukeśa marries Devavatī and fathers Mālyavat, Sumāli, and Māli;
after austerities they gain invincibility and long life from Brahmā, harass the
gods, and receive Laṅkā on Mount Trikūṭa by the southern ocean from Viśvakarmā.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 57657-57672
quote_or_summary: The Rākshasas oppress gods and rishis; Mahādeva directs the supplicants
to Viṣṇu, who promises destruction, defeats the Rākshasas, kills Māli, drives
them back to Laṅkā, and says he will destroy them even in Pātāla; Agastya says
only Nārāyaṇa, Rāma himself, could destroy them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 57672-57681
quote_or_summary: Sumāli lives in Pātāla, sees Kuvera’s chariot and splendor, sends
Kaikasī to woo Viśravas, and she bears Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, Śūrpaṇakhā, and Vibhīṣaṇa;
the children grow in the forest and Kumbhakarṇa eats rishis.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 57681-57688
quote_or_summary: Kaikasī urges Rāvaṇa to become like Kuvera; Rāvaṇa performs austerities
at Gokarṇa, casts his head into fire repeatedly, asks Brahmā for immortality,
and receives instead protection from powerful non-human creatures, restored heads,
and shapeshifting power.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 57688-57690
quote_or_summary: Vibhīṣaṇa asks to think only of righteousness even in calamity
and to receive Brahmā’s weapon unlearnt; Brahmā grants the request and adds immortality.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 57690
quote_or_summary: Before Kumbhakarṇa receives a boon, the gods object because he
has eaten Apsarases, followers of Indra, rishis, and men; Brahmā summons Sarasvatī,
who enters Kumbhakarṇa’s mouth so that he asks for many years of sleep.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is itself a condensed secondary summary within the source, so
extraction is reliable for named events and relationships but less certain for
motif interpretation and precise locator subdivision.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself make an explicit cross-traditional comparison; taxonomy references are limited to supplied motif families and symbols.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l57608-l57690
passage_sha256=313117667c36c1302f8ff6021c0fe8ce02b516902dd2313d57528785e9a1469a