Rākṣasa's Ring 4.2_26

4.2_26

arthaprakṛtayaḥ kāryasiddhihetavaḥ bījādayaḥ pañcārambhādipañcāvasthāsamanvitāḥ santaḥ yathāsaṃkhyaṃ mukhādyāḥ pañcasaṃdhayo jāyanta ityarthaḥ."

The meaning is: the five elements of the plot—the causes of accomplishing the final catastrophe, namely the germ and so forth—being combined with the five stages beginning with the beginning, respectively become the five dramatic junctures beginning with the opening.