Kamasutra 8.12

Jayamaṅgalā 8.12

Language: Sanskrit

8.12

niratyayaṃ rakṣā'dyabhāvātrirdoṣam , anyatrāpyetad draṣṭavyam , arthānubaddham , āḍhyatvāddasyāḥ, ahaṃ ca niḥsāratvānnirdavyatvāt , kṣīṇavṛttyupāya• iti | vṛttirjīvikā tadupāyaḥ kṛtyādiḥ sa kṣoṇo yasyeti, so'haṃ kuṭumbabharaṇāsamartho'nenopāyenābhigamanalakṣaṇena taddhanamatimahad dharmādisādhanamadhigamiṣyāmi, svalpādhigame tu nādhigacchediti manyate, akṛcchrāditi | tayā snehāddīyamānam anyathā dṛṣṭādṛṣṭadoṣasādhanaṃ syāt, tasmātkuṭumbakārthamakāryamapi kāryaṃ syāt, tathā coktam‘mātā vṛddhā pitā caiva sādhvī bhāryā sutaḥ śiśuḥ | apyakāryaṃ śataṃ kṛtvā bhartavyā manurabravīt' |

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Kāmasūtra — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit