Rasarnavasudhakara 3.344

3.344

tatra vākyena kathodghāto, yathā ratnāvalyāṃ-
dvīpād anyasmād api madhyād api jala-nidher diśo' py antāt |
ānīya jhaṭiti ghaṭayati vidhir abhimatam abhimukhī-bhūtaḥ ||

Among these, opening the plot by a sentence is as in the Ratnāvalī: / "From another island, from the midst of the ocean, or even from the end of the quarters, / having brought it quickly, Destiny accomplishes what is desired when it has become favorable."

3.344.p1

[ra. 1.7]

3.344.p2

iti sūtradhārasya priyā-samāśvāsana-vākyaṃ svasyānukūlatayā paṭhato yaugandharāyaṇasya praveśāt kathodghātaḥ |

Here, because Yaugandharāyaṇa enters reciting as favorable to himself the sentence uttered by the stage-manager to console his beloved, it is opening the plot [by sentence].

3.344.p3

arthena kathodghāto, yathā veṇī-saṃhāraḥ-

Opening the plot by meaning is as in the Veṇīsaṃhāra: