[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Arts, Poetics, Architecture & Lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art) › [Dramaturgy and Theory of Theatre](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya) › [Rasarnavasudhakara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara) › 3.34 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.34 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.34) atha kāryasya pañcāvasthāḥ- kāryasya pañcadhāvasthā nāyakādi-kriyā-vaśāt | 23 ārambha-yatna-prāpty-āśā-niyatāpti-phalāgamāḥ | tatra mukhya-phalodyoga-mātram ārambha iṣyate || > Now, the five stages of action (avasthā): > The stages of action are fivefold, determined by the actions of the hero and others: / beginning (ārambha), effort (yatna), hope of attainment (prāptyāśā), certainty of attainment (niyatāpti), and arrival of the fruit (phalāgama). / Among these, mere exertion toward the primary fruit is held to be the beginning. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.34.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.34.p1) yathā bāla-rāmāyaṇe mukha-sandhau rāmasya lokottarotkarṣa-prāptaye vyavasāya-mātram ārambhaḥ | > As in the opening juncture (mukhasandhi) of the Bālarāmāyaṇa, the mere determination of Rāma to attain extraordinary excellence is the beginning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.34) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāṭakacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.natakacandrika.1.103) — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1540, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.34) · Pramāṇa