Natyashastra
कनिष्ठासारिते तालो यो यथा परिकीर्तितः । स एव सर्वः कर्तव्यः प्रथमे कण्डिकोद्भवे ॥ १४२॥
The Tāla that has been prescribed for the short Āsārita is to be entirely observed at the beginning of the first Kaṇḍikā.
english translation
kaniSThAsArite tAlo yo yathA parikIrtitaH । sa eva sarvaH kartavyaH prathame kaNDikodbhave ॥ 142॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript