नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

384 THE NATYASASTRA [ XXI. 28-

Secondary Juncture in the Episode

28. One or more Junctures should be applied in an Episode (patākā). As these serve the purpose of the Principal [Plot] they called Secondary Junctures (anubandha).

Limit of the Episode

29. The Episode should come to an end either at the Develoment (garbha) or at the Pause (vimarśa). Why ? Because its treatment is for the purpose of something else (i. e. the Principal Plot).

The Episode Indication

30. When some matter being taken in hand (lit. already thought about), another matter of similar nature (lit. characteristics) is suggested through an accidental idea (āgantuka-bhāva), it is called Episode Indication (patākā-sthāna).

The First Episode Indication

31. The sudden development of a novel meaning (arthasampatti) due to an indirect suggestion, is called the First Episode Indication

The Second Episode Indication

. 32. Words completely carrying double meaning and expressed in a poetic language, are called the Second Episode Indication.

The Third Episode Indication

33. That which suggests with courtesy the object [of a play] in a subtle manner and in the form of a dialogue, is called the Third Episode Indication.

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28 (C.29 ; K. XIX. 27). $^1$ Some read anubandha as anusandhi ; cf. DR. III. 26-27.
29 (C.30 ; K. XIX. 28). $^1$ Emend tasmāt into kasmāt.
30 (C.31 ; K. XIX. 29). $^1$ DR.(I. 14) merely defines the term and ignores its varieties. But SD. (298-299) follows NŚ. and defines them. See NL. 1000-1001. Sāgaranandin says that these should not be applied to the last Juncture (nirvahaṇa).
31 (C.32 ; K. XIX. 30). $^1$ Emend guṇavatyupa° into guṇa-vṛttyupa°
$^2$ See SD. 300; NL. 1007.
32 (C.33 ; K. XIX. 31). $^1$ Emend vacasātiśaya° into vacaḥ sātiśaya°. See SD. 301 and NL. 1015.
33 (C.34 ; K. XIX. 32). $^1$ See SD. 302; NL. 1021-1022.