batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l6291-l6393
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l6291-l6393
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. /
Canto XLI. Kapil. / Canto XLV. The Quest Of The Amrit.; lines 6291-6393
start: '6291'
end: '6393'
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 radiant lotus-associated maiden, known as Beauty and Fortune and Queen
of the Gods, rises from the churned sea and joins Vishnu. Gods and Titans continue
churning until Amrit appears, then fight over it. Vishnu removes the Amrit by
illusion and the sons of Aditi defeat the sons of Diti; Indra gains rule over
the three worlds. Diti, grieving her slain sons, asks Kaśyap for a son who can
kill Indra. Kaśyap grants this on condition of a thousand years of purity. Diti
begins austere vows beneath holy boughs, while Indra attends her needs. With ten
years left, Diti tells Indra he will soon see a new brother who will conquer the
worlds.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
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text: A fair, jewel-adorned maiden rises on a lotus bed from the sea and holds a
lotus in her hand.
category: action
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- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The maiden is identified as Queen of the Gods and known to gods and men as
Beauty’s Queen and Fortune.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The maiden clings to lotus-bearing Vishnu.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Gods, Titans, and minstrels continue churning the troubled sea until Amrit
appears.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A war arises between Aditi’s sons and Diti’s sons over the Amrit.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Vishnu uses illusive aid to convey the Amrit away from sight and then strikes
his foes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Aditi’s race defeats Diti’s brood, and Indra gains empire over the three worlds.
category: sequence
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text: Diti, grieving the death of her sons, asks Kaśyap for a son who can destroy
Indra.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Kaśyap says Diti may gain such a son if she remains perfectly pure for a thousand
years.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Diti begins austere vows in the shade of holy boughs.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Indra attends Diti during her rites, bringing wood, water, fire, grass, roots,
and fruit.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: When only ten years remain, Diti tells Indra that he will see a new brother
who will make the worlds bow before him.
category: speech
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figures:
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name_or_label: Lotus-born maiden / Beauty’s Queen and Fortune
description: A radiant maiden rising on a lotus bed, adorned with pearls, gems,
and a diadem, called Queen of the Gods and Fortune.
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- role:2
evidence_refs:
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name_or_label: Vishnu
description: Lotus-bearing, all-pervading god who receives the maiden, removes the
Amrit by illusion, and defeats opposing foes.
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- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Gods / Aditi’s sons
description: A group participating in the churning and later fighting Diti’s brood
over the Amrit.
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evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Titans / Diti’s brood
description: A group participating in the churning, fighting for the Amrit, and
being slain in battle.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Indra / the Thousand-eyed
description: A son of Aditi who gains empire over the three worlds and later attends
Diti during her vows.
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- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
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name_or_label: Diti
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for a son capable of killing Indra.
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- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Kaśyap
description: Marícha’s son and Diti’s husband, who grants Diti’s request under a
condition of thousand-year purity.
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evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Promised son of Diti and Kaśyap
description: A future son promised if Diti completes her vow; described as one whom
the three worlds would fear and who could kill Indra.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:5
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label: Emergent divine female
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basis: She rises from the sea on a lotus bed in radiant form.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: Beauty and fortune figure
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- fig:1
basis: The passage says gods and men know her as Beauty’s Queen and Fortune.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: Receiver of lotus-born maiden
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The maiden clings to lotus-bearing Vishnu.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: Protector and remover of Amrit
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Vishnu conveys the Amrit from sight with illusive aid and strikes his foes.
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- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: Victorious divine host
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Aditi’s sons fight for the Amrit and slay Diti’s brood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: Defeated rival host
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Titans and Diti’s brood fight for the Amrit and are slain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: Ruler of the three worlds
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Indra gains empire and reigns over the three worlds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: Attendant during vows
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Indra brings Diti wood, water, fire, grass, roots, and fruit while she practices
austerities.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: Bereaved mother
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Diti grieves that her sons have been slain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: Vow-performing petitioner
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Diti requests an avenging son and begins austere vows under Kaśyap’s condition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: Conditional boon giver
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Kaśyap grants the requested son if Diti remains pure for a thousand years.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:12
label: Promised avenging child
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The promised son is to be capable of killing Indra and making the worlds
fear or bow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Lotus
literal_form: Lotus bed and lotus held by the emerging maiden; lotus-bearing Vishnu.
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- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Amrit
literal_form: The sought prize produced after the sea-churning and contested by
Gods and Titans.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Troubled main
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associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Holy boughs
literal_form: The shaded place where Diti begins her vows.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: Water brought for ritual attendance
literal_form: Water brought by Indra while attending Diti.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: Fire brought for ritual attendance
literal_form: Fire brought by Indra while attending Diti.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Emergence of Fortune from the churned sea
summary: A radiant lotus-associated maiden rises from the sea and joins Vishnu,
becoming known to gods and men as Beauty and Fortune.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Contest for the Amrit
summary: Gods and Titans continue churning the sea until Amrit appears; war breaks
out over the prize.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Indra’s victory and rule
summary: Vishnu removes the Amrit and defeats opponents; Aditi’s sons slay Diti’s
brood, and Indra gains rule over the three worlds.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Diti asks for an avenging son
summary: Diti mourns her slain sons and asks Kaśyap for a powerful son able to kill
Indra; Kaśyap grants this if she remains pure for a thousand years.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Diti’s vows and Indra’s attendance
summary: Diti performs austere vows under holy boughs, while Indra attends her with
ritual and woodland supplies; with ten years remaining, she tells him of the coming
brother.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Quest for immortality substance
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: Gods and Titans churn the sea seeking Amrit, then fight over it when it appears.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage names Amrit as the prize but does not explain its properties
beyond its high value in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine conflict over sacred prize
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: A fratricidal war arises between divine and Titan hosts over possession of
the Amrit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage shows contest and transfer of a sacred prize, but not a negotiated
exchange.
- id: motif:3
label: Illusive removal of contested sacred substance
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_theft
- trickster_boundary
basis: Vishnu uses illusive aid to convey the Amrit from the sight of those fighting
over it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not call the act theft; it only states that Vishnu removes
the Amrit by illusion.
- id: motif:4
label: Conditional birth of an avenging child
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
- divine_parent_child
basis: Diti requests a son to kill Indra, and Kaśyap promises one if she maintains
purity for a thousand years.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The child is promised but not born within this passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Austerity performed to obtain a powerful child
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Diti undertakes long austere vows under a condition of purity to obtain the
promised son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames the practice as vows and purity rather than an initiation
rite in explicit terms.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 6291-6310
quote_or_summary: A radiant maiden rises on a lotus bed, adorned with gems and a
diadem, holding a lotus; she clings to lotus-bearing Vishnu and is known as Beauty’s
Queen and Fortune.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 6311-6322
quote_or_summary: Gods, Titans, and minstrels churn the troubled main until Amrit
appears; a fratricidal war begins between Aditi’s sons and Diti’s sons over the
prize.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 6323-6338
quote_or_summary: Vishnu uses illusive aid to remove the Amrit from sight, strikes
his foes, and Aditi’s race defeats Diti’s brood; Indra then reigns over the three
worlds.
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 6342-6353
quote_or_summary: Diti mourns her slain sons and asks Kaśyap for a son whose arm
may destroy Indra.
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 6355-6368
quote_or_summary: Kaśyap tells Diti her prayer is heard and that if she remains
pure for a thousand years, she will gain a son who can kill Indra and whom the
three worlds will fear.
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 6373-6375
quote_or_summary: Diti goes to the shade of holy boughs and begins her austere vows.
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 6376-6385
quote_or_summary: Indra comes unbidden and reverently tends Diti, bringing wood,
water, fire, grass, roots, and woodland fruit, and easing her weariness.
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 6387-6393
quote_or_summary: With ten years of penance remaining, Diti tells Indra that a new
brother will come and that the worlds will bow before him.
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: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is direct from the supplied passage. Motif labels use
only supplied taxonomy where support is clear or plausible; comparison claims
are omitted because the passage does not itself compare traditions or motif families.
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'
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No external sources or unprovided context used.
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