Dasharupaka 1.16

1.16

kāryaṃ trivargastat śuddhamekānekānubandhi ca /
svalpoddiṣṭastu taddheturbījaṃ vistāryanekadhā /
avāntarārthavicchede binduracchedakāraṇam //

‘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].’

‘The cause of this [Dénouement] is the Germ (bīja), [at first] manifested as very small, but expanding in manifold ways [as the action proceeds].’

‘When the secondary matter [of the drama] is interrupted, the cause of its being resumed (acchedakāraṇa) is the Expansion (bindu).’