Kamasutra 21.1

21.1

saṃgatayoriti | pariṇayātprāptasamāgamayoḥ, trirātramiti | rātrigrahaṇaṃ rātrikarmapradarśanārtham, adhaḥśayyā bhūmau śayanaṃ, na khaṭvāyām, brahmacaryaṃ yāvaccaturthikāhomo na kriyate divāmaithunasya pratiṣiddhatvāt, kṣāraḥ phāṇitaguḍādiḥ, lavaṇaṃ saindhavādi, tadvarjaṃ bhojanaṃ madhukṣīraghṛtasaṃskṛtaprāyaṃ, tacca naktaṃ syād, rātrikarmavarge paṭhitatvāt, tathā saptāhamiti | yathā tryahaṃ, tadūrdhvamaparāṇi saptāhāprimarytyarthaḥ, ahargrahaṇaṃdinakarmapradarśanārthaṃ, savādyaṃ samaṅgalaṃ sagītaṃ snānaṃ ca, prasādhanaṃ maṇḍanaṃ, sahabhojanaṃ ceti | ekasminsthāne, pūrvatrāpi sahabhojanaṃ kiṃ tu vratasthatvātkṣāralavaṇavarjaṃ naktaṃ ca taditi, prekṣā saṃbandhināṃ naṭādīnāṃca darśanam, pūjanaṃ ca gandhamālyādibhiḥ, sārvavarṇikamiti | caturṣvapi brāhmaṇādivarṇeṣu bhavamaviruddhatvād, etacca loke daśarātrikamityucyate, tathā coktaṃ'kanyāveśmani nirvartya rājavaddaśarātrikam | sabhāryaḥ svagṛhaṃ yāyātsthitervāṃ kuladeśayoḥ' iti |
visrambhaṇopāyamāha-