Natyashastra
पूर्वरङ्गविधिं श्रुत्वापुनराहुर्महत्तमाः । भरतं मुनयः सर्वे प्रश्नान्पञ्चाभिधत्स्व नः ॥ १॥
After listening to the description of the preliminaries (Pūrvaraṅga), all the great sages addressed Bharata and posed five questions to him:
english translation
pUrvaraGgavidhiM zrutvApunarAhurmahattamAH । bharataM munayaH sarve praznAnpaJcAbhidhatsva naH ॥ 1॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript