[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Erotics and the Art of Love](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama) › [Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra and its Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school) › [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana) › [Jayamangala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala) › 5.7 # Kamasutra 5.7 Jayamaṅgalā 5.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.5.7) tatra loke rūpādivdaviditasvarūpatvādalaukikā yajñādayaḥ | nanu viśiṣṭadravyaguṇakarmātmakatvāddiditasvarūpāḥ kathamalaukikāḥ ? ityata āha—adṛṣṭārthatvāditi, teṣāmanantaraṃ phalasyādarśanāt | ye'dṛṣṭaphalāḥ santo'laukikā na te prekṣāvadbhirdṛṣṭasāmarthyauṣadhivatpravartyantaityapravṛttāḥ, ādiśabdāttapaścaraṇādayaḥ, teṣāmapravṛttānāṃ śāstrātpravarttanaṃ dharma iti; ayaṃ pravṛttirūpo dharmaḥ | laukikatvād dṛṣṭārthatvāditi| ye dṛṣṭa tṛptyādiphalāḥ santo laukikāste tadarthibhirmṛgādimāṃsabhakṣaṇavatpravartyante; tasmātpravṛttebhyaśca māṃsabhakṣaṇādibhya ādiśabdātsaratvābhidrohaparasvādānādibhyaḥ śāstrādeva nivāraṇaṃ pratiṣedhanamiti; ayaṃ nivṛttirūpaḥ| kathamiva śāstraṃ pramāṇamiti ceduttaratra vakṣyati | - [Previous: 5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.5.6) - [Next: 5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.5.8) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.1.2.7) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.5.7) · Pramāṇa