Rasarnavasudhakara 3.64

3.64

atha karaṇam-
prastutārtha-samārambhaṃ karaṇaṃ paricakṣate ||

Now, initiation of action (karaṇa): / The undertaking of the matter at hand is called initiation of action.

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yathā tatraiva [bāla-rāmāyaṇe] (2.25 padyād anantaram] ubhāv api cāpāropaṇaṃ nāṭayataḥ ity upakramya ā aṅka-parisamāpteḥ jāmadagnya-rāvaṇayoḥ prastuta-yuddhārambha-kathanāt karaṇam |

As in that very work [Bālarāmāyaṇa] [after verse 2.25]: 'Both mimic the stringing of the bow'—beginning with this, up to the conclusion of the act, because of the statement of the undertaking of the present battle between Jāmadagnya and Rāvaṇa, there is initiation of action.