CC Antya 1.135

Antya-līlā, Chapter 1, Text 135

আক্ষিপ্তঃ কালসাম্যেন প্রবেশঃ স্যাৎ প্রবর্তকঃ ॥ ১৩৫ ॥

ākṣiptaḥ kāla-sāmyena
praveśaḥ syāt pravartakaḥ

Word by word

ākṣiptaḥ — set in motion; kāla-sāmyena — by a suitable time; praveśaḥ — the entrance; syāt — should be; pravartakaḥ — named pravartaka..

Translation

“When the entrance of the actors is set in motion by the arrival of a suitable time, the entrance is called pravartaka.”

Purport

This verse is from the Nāṭaka-candrikā (12), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.