रत्नावली नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - शास्त्रीय नाटिका रत्न सम्पूर्ण ४ अङ्क सान्वय सटीक)

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by pacifying Vāsavadattá who was the only obstacle. [Cf.—
"यथा रत्नावल्यां—राजा—"देवीप्रसादनं त्यक्त्वा नान्यमत्रोपायं पश्यामि इति देवी-
लक्षणापायस्य निवारणान्नियतफलप्राप्तिः सूचिता"—सा. दः ६।७३ and विदू—"सागरिका
दुक्करं जीविस्सदि......पश्यामि"—दशरूपक १।२१। Act III. Pp. 266-67. ]
फलागम ( Attainment of the desired object ) is the fifth stage
in which the final end is achieved when all unfavourable
circumstances are removed through gradual unravelling of the
plot in its different stages. ["सावस्था फलयोगः स्याद् यः समग्रफलोदयः"
सा. द. ६।७३ ] In रत्नावली this stage is illustrated when the King
finally obtained Ratnávali along with the paramount monarchy
over the world ( cf.—'यथा—रत्नावल्यां रत्नावलीलाभश्चक्रवर्तित्वलक्षणफलान्तर-
लाभसहितः"—सा. द. ६।७३ and दशरूपक १।२२ ]
"As action, when developed in full, as normally it is in
the Nátaka, the most perfect of forms of drama, involves of
necessity of five stages of development (avasthá); there must
be as the beginning (árambha) the desire to attain some end,
which leads on to the determined effort (prayatna) to secure
the object of desire; this leads to the stage in which success
is felt to be possible (práptyáshá—práptisambhava) having
regard to the means available and the obstacles in the way of
achievement: then arrives the certainty of success (niyatápti),
if only some specific difficulty can be surmounted; and
finally the object is attained (phalágama)......The Ratnávali,
no less perfect an example of the minor type, the Nátiká,
reveals to us the aims of the minister to secure the union of
the heroine and the king; a definite step to this end is taken