Com. Ex.: Ratn. 1, p. 20.—‘The bindu [lit. drop] spreads out like a drop of oil in water.’
Notes. ‖ Bh. 19. 22; SD. 319; Pratāpar. 3. 6. Cf. Lévi, p. 34.
27 (P. 18; H. 17).
- bījabindupatākākhyaprakarīkāryalakṣaṇāḥ
arthaprakṛtayaḥ pañca tā etāḥ parikīrtitāḥ.
‘[The elements] designated as the Germ (bīja), the Expansion (bindu), the so-called Episode (patākā), the Episodical Incident (prakarī), and the Dénouement (kārya)—these are declared to be the five Elements of the Plot (arthaprakṛti).’
Notes. The insertion of the word ākhya in the enumeration is due merely to the exigencies of the meter.—Contrary to the usual custom, this section comes after the definitions of the elements mentioned in it, instead of introducing them, in order to avoid a repetition of the definitions of the patākā and the prakarī given in another connection in 1. 21.—This section is quoted in the com. on Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2. 230 (ed. Zachariae, Vienna, 1893, Extracts from the Com., p. 37, foot), and the second line is quoted ibid. 3. 565 (see Extr., p. 142, middle). The first line is quoted at Pratāpar. 3. 3, p. 105. With the first line compare bījam binduḥ patākā ca, given in explanation of the word arthaprakṛti in the com. on Maṅkhakośa 390 (ed. Zachariae, Vienna, 1897, p. 50).
‖ Bh. 19. 20; SD. 317; AP. 337. 19. Cf. Lévi, p. 34.
The Five Stages of the Action
28 (P. 19; H. 18).
- avasthāḥ pañca kāryasya prārabdhasya phalārthibhiḥ
ārambhayatnaprāptyāśāniyatāptiphālagamaḥ.
‘There are five Stages of the action which is set on foot by those that strive after a result: Beginning (ārambha), Effort (yatna=prayatna), Prospect of Success (prāptyāśā), Certainty of Success (niyatāpti), and Attainment of the Result (phālagama=phalayoga).’
Notes. The words kāryasya prārabdhasya phalārthibhiḥ are taken directly from Bh. 19. 13.—The second line is quoted at Pratāpar. 3. 3, p. 105.
‖ Bh. 19. 7, 13; SD. 324; AP. 337. 19 b, 20. Cf. Lévi, p. 32.
