Kamasutra 18.41

18.41

iti śrīvātsyāyanīye kāmasūtre sāmprayogike dvitīye'dhikaraṇeaupariṣṭakaṃ navamo'dhyāyaḥ | āditaścaturdaśaḥ | arthasyeti | aupariṣṭakasya rahasi bhavatvāt cittasyāsthiratvāt, viśeṣato rāgasaṃyuktasya, kaḥ kuryād vidvānitaro veti, kadā kiṃmattāvasthāyāmitarasyāṃ veti, kiṃ kuryāt sādhāraṇamasādhāraṇaṃ laukikaṃvā samprayogamiti, kuto hetoḥ kiṃ rāgāddeśapravṛtterveti, ko jñātumarhati naivetyarthaḥ |
evamaupariṣṭakāntaṃ ratamuktaṃ, tasyārambhe'vasāne ca kiṃ pratipattavyamiti tadudbhavaṃ ratārambhāvasānikamucyate, tatra yadyapi prītiviśeṣānantaraṃ ratārambhikaṃ yuktaṃ ratāvasānikaṃ cehaiva tathābhūtatvādanuṣṭhānakramasyeti, tathā'pi pratītisambhavādā liṅganādīnāṃ tadabhidhānaṃ tadanantaraṃ ca pratīkanyāyena sarvaśeṣatayā ratārambhaḥ, tatpratibaddhatvāccāvasānikam | tatra pūrvamadhikṛtyāha-