Rākṣasa's Ring 4.2_25

4.2_25

'bījabindupatākākhyaprakarīkāryalakṣaṇāḥ .
ārambhayatnaprāptyāśāniyatāptiphalāgamāḥ..
arthaprakṛtayaḥ pañca pañcāvasthāsamanvitāḥ .
yathāsaṃkhyena jāyante mukhādyāḥ pañcasaṃdhayaḥ ..' iti ..

“Having the characteristics of the germ, the drop, the episode,
the episodic incident, and the catastrophe,
accompanied by the five stages: the beginning, the effort, the hope of attainment,
the certainty of attainment, and the arrival of the fruit,
the five elements of the plot, taken respectively,
become the five dramatic junctures beginning with the opening.”