Rasarnavasudhakara 3.397

3.397

tamisrā-mūrcchāla-trijagad-agadṅkāra-kiraṇe
raghūṇāṃ gotrasya prasavitari deve savitari |
puraḥsthe dik-pālaiḥ saha para-gṛhāvāsa-vacanāt
praviṣṭo vaidehī dahanam atha śuddhā ca niragāt ||

While the sun-god, the progenitor of the lineage of the Raghus, whose rays are a panacea for the three worlds fainting in darkness, / stood before her together with the guardians of the directions, Vaidehī entered the fire on account of the report of dwelling in another's house, and then emerged purified!

3.397.p1

[a.rā. 7.1]

3.397.p2

ity ādau nepathya-gatair eva pātraiḥ sītā-jvalana-praveśa-nirgamādīnām arthānāṃ prayogānucitānāṃ sūcanād iyaṃ cūlikā |

In this and similar passages, because events unsuitable for stage presentation—such as Sītā's entrance into the fire and emergence—are indicated solely by characters stationed behind the curtain, this is a cūlikā.

3.397.p3

aṅka-madhye, yathā ratnāvalyāṃ dvitīyāṅke, (nepathye kalakalaḥ)-

In the middle of an act, as in the second act of the Ratnāvalī, (Behind the curtain, an uproar):—