Kama Sutra
Kama Sutra
Kama Sutra
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<strong>Kama</strong> <strong>Sutra</strong><br />
● TRANSLATOR'S<br />
NOTES<br />
- Preface<br />
- Introduction<br />
● PART I:<br />
INTRODUCTORY<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
- Chapter III<br />
- Chapter IV<br />
- Chapter V<br />
● PART II: ON SEXUAL<br />
UNION<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
- Chapter III<br />
- Chapter IV<br />
- Chapter V<br />
- Chapter VI<br />
- Chapter VII<br />
- Chapter VIII<br />
- Chapter IX<br />
- Chapter X<br />
● PART III: ABOUT THE<br />
ACQUISITION OF A<br />
WIFE<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
- Chapter III<br />
- Chapter IV<br />
- Chapter V<br />
● PART IV: ABOUT A<br />
WIFE<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
● PART V: ABOUT THE<br />
WIVES OF OTHER<br />
PEOPLE<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
- Chapter III<br />
- Chapter IV<br />
- Chapter V<br />
- Chapter VI<br />
● PART VI: ABOUT<br />
COURTESANS<br />
- Introductory Remarks -<br />
Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
- Chapter III<br />
- Chapter IV<br />
- Chapter V<br />
- Chapter VI<br />
● PART VII: ON THE<br />
MEANS OF ATTRACTING<br />
OTHERS TO ONE'S SELF<br />
- Chapter I<br />
- Chapter II<br />
● CONCLUDING<br />
REMARKS<br />
● MODERN KAMA<br />
SUTRA<br />
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PART V<br />
CHAPTER IV<br />
The Business of a Go-Between<br />
If a woman has manifested her love or desire, either by signs or by motions of<br />
the body, and is afterwards rarely or never seen anywhere, or if a woman is<br />
met for the first time, the man should get a go-between to approach her.<br />
Now the go-between, having wheedled herself into the confidence of the<br />
woman by acting according to her disposition, should try to make her hate or<br />
despise her husband by holding artful conversations with her, by telling her<br />
about medicines for getting children, by talking to her about other people, by<br />
tales of various kinds, by stories about the wives of other men, and by praising<br />
her beauty, wisdom, generosity and good nature, and then saying to her: `It is<br />
indeed a pity that you, who are so excellent a woman in every way, should be<br />
possessed of a husband of this kind. Beautiful lady, he is not fit even to serve<br />
you.' The go-between should further talk to the woman about the weakness of<br />
the passion of her husband, his jealousy, his roguery, his ingratitude, his<br />
aversion to enjoyments, his dullness, his meanness, and all the other faults that<br />
he may have, and with which she may be acquainted. She should particularly<br />
harp upon that fault or that failing by which the wife may appear to be the most<br />
affected. If the wife be a deer woman, and the husband a hare man, then there<br />
would be no fault in that direction, but in the event of his being a hare man,<br />
and she a mare woman or elephant woman, then this fault should be pointed<br />
out to her.<br />
Gonikaputra is of opinion that when it is the first affair of the woman, or when<br />
her love has only been very secretly shown, the man should then secure and<br />
send to her a go-between, with whom she may be already acquainted, and in<br />
whom she confides.<br />
But to return to our subject. The go-between should tell the woman about the<br />
obedience and love of the man, and as her confidence and affection increase,<br />
she should then explain to her the thing to be accomplished in the following<br />
way. `Hear this, Oh beautiful lady, that this man, born of a good family, having<br />
seen you, has gone mad on your account. The poor young man, who is tender<br />
by nature, has never been distressed in such a way before, and it is highly<br />
probable that he will succumb under his present affliction, and experience the<br />
pains of death.' If the woman listens with a favourable ear, then on the<br />
following day the go-between, having observed marks of good spirits in her<br />
face, in her eyes, and in her manner of conversation, should again converse<br />
with her on the subject of the man, and should tell her the stories of Ahalya1<br />
and Indra, of Sakoontala2 and Dushyanti, and such others as may be fitted for<br />
the occasion. She should also describe to her the strength of the man, his<br />
talents, his skill in the sixty-four sorts of enjoyments mentioned by Babhravya,<br />
his good looks, and his liaison with some praiseworthy woman, no matter<br />
whether this last ever took place or not.<br />
In addition to this, the go-between should carefully note the behaviour of the<br />
woman, which if favourable would be as follows: She would address her with a<br />
smiling look, would seat herself close beside her, and ask her, `Where have you<br />
been? What have you been doing? Where did you dine? Where did you sleep?<br />
Where have you been sitting?'<br />
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