mixed [arises] from a combination of these two in accordance with a classification into gods, mortals, and the like.’
Notes. tābhyāṃ H., V., P.; nānto, tredhā Hall p. 38.—The first line is quoted at Pratāpar. 3. 4, p. 102, but with the formulaic ending tat trividham matam.
‖ AP. 337. 18; Pratāpar. 3. 3, p. 102. Cf. Lévi, p. 31.
Elements of the Plot
24 (P. 16 b; H. 16 a).
- kāryaṃ trivargas tac chuddham ekānekānubandhi ca.
‘The Dénouement (kārya) [of the action consists of one of] the three objects of human existence (trivarga); it is either simple or connected with one or both [of the other objects].’
Com. The three objects of human existence are virtue, wealth, and pleasure (dharma, artha, kāma)….
Notes. ‖ Bh. 19. 25 b, 26 a; SD. 323 b, c; AP. 337. 7 b. Cf. Lévi, p. 31.
25 (P. 17 a; H. 16 b).
- svalpoddiṣṭas tu taddhetur bījaṃ vistāry anekadhā.
‘The cause of this [Dénouement] is the Germ (bīja), [at first] manifested as very small, but expanding in manifold ways [as the action proceeds].’
Com. Ex.: Ratn. 1, pp. 4–5 [quoted in part also at DR. 1. 29 and 1. 41]; in the Veṇīsaṃhāra, the energy of Yudhiṣṭhira, increased by the wrath of Bhīma and resulting in the binding of the tresses of Draupadī.
Notes. ‖ Bh. 19. 21; SD. 318; AP. 337. 22; Pratāpar. 3. 6. Cf. Lévi, p. 34.
26 (P. 17 b; H. 16 c).
- avāntarārthavicchede bindur acchedakāraṇam.
‘When the secondary matter [of the drama] is interrupted, the cause of its being resumed (acchedakāraṇa) is the Expansion (bindu).’
