Rasarnavasudhakara 3.20

3.20

tathā ca bharataḥ (19.31)-
sahasaivārtha-sampattir guṇavaty upacārataḥ |
patākā-sthānakam idaṃ prathamaṃ parikīrtitam ||

And so Bharata [says] (19.31):
"The sudden attainment of an objective through a clever metaphorical expression / is proclaimed as the first dramatic indicator."

3.20.p1

iti |

3.20.p2

yathā ratnāvalyām-
vidūṣakaḥ- bhoḥ ! esā kkhu abarā debī bāsabadattā | (bhoḥ ! eṣā khalu aparā devī vāsavadattā |)

As in the Ratnāvalī:
Jester: "Ah! Look, here is another queen Vāsavadattā!"

3.20.p3

rājā (saśaṅkaṃ ratnāvalī-hastaṃ visṛjati |)

King: (Apprehensively lets go of Ratnāvalī's hand.)

3.20.p4

ity atra iyaṃ vāsavattety anenopacāra-prayogeṇa bhāvino vāsavadattā-kopasya sūcanāt sahasārtha-sampatti-rūpam idam ekaṃ patākā-sthānakam |

Here, because this metaphorical expression, "This is Vāsavadattā," indicates the future anger of Vāsavadattā, this is one dramatic indicator in the form of the sudden attainment of an objective.