[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) › 8.6 # Kamasutra 8.6 Jayamaṅgalā 8.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.6) sa iti| nāyakaḥ, manyate'dhigacchetsvairiṇīyam , svairiṇī=svatantrā, tadeva darśayati-anyato'pīti | yathā māmabhiyuñjānā śīlaṃ khaṇḍayati, tathā'nyeṣvapi bahūn vārān , vyavasthitacāritrā=khaṇḍitaśīlā, tataśca veśyātulyā, veśyāyāmiva, 'punarbhvāmiva' ityanāmnāyaḥ pāṭhaḥ, yata ekasmād dvitīyaṃ prāptā punarbhūḥ, sā ca na bahuśaḥ khaṇḍitacāritreti na samāno dṛṣṭāntaḥ, uttamavarṇinyāmiti | kimasavarṇādhamavarṇayorevaṃ varṇyate ? tatrāpi na doṣaḥ, yathoktam'jīvakārmukavastrāvīn dadyādātmaviśuddhaye | caturṇāmapi varṇānāṃ nārīrhatvā'vyavasthitāḥ ||' iti | asyārthaḥ-brāhmaṇīṃ svacchandavṛttiṃ hatvā jīvaścarmapuṭaṃ brāhmaṇāya dadyāt, kṣatriyāṃ kārmukam, vaiśyāṃ vastram, śūdrāmavimiti, yatra hiṃsā'pi pariphalgudoṣā tatrābhigamanaṃ na kasyāpi dharmopaghāti syādityāhagamanamapi kāraṇavaśāt kriyamāṇaṃ na dharmapīḍāṃ kariṣyati, adharmasyābhāvāt | punarbhūriyaṃ kathamityāha- - [Previous: 8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.5) - [Next: 8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.7) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.1.5.6) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.6) · Pramāṇa