[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) › 9.26 # Kamasutra 9.26 Jayamaṅgalā 9.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.26) mā bhūtsvecchayā virāmopalambhātstrīṣu visṛṣṭisukhānubhūtiḥ, anurāgadarśanātta syāt, tadyathā, ciravege nāyake ciramupasṛtya; visṛṣṭisukhādhigamādvirate striyo'nurajyante snihyantītyarthaḥ, śīghravegasya ca nāyakasya kṣipramupasṛtya sukhādhigamādviratasya ratānte'bhyasūyinyo dveṣiṇyobhavanti, tatsarvamiti | anurāgo virāgaścobhayaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ jñāpakamityarthaḥ, kasyetyāha-bhāvasya prāpteraprāpteśceti | tatrānurāgo yoṣitāṃ sukhaprāptiṃjñāpayati, virāgaśca duḥkhādhigamātsukhāprāptiṃ, virāgasya viruddhakāryatvāt, anurāgavirāgau ca sukhaduḥkhahetukau puruṣeṣu dṛṣṭāntatvena siddhau, te'pi hi puruṣāyite ciraṃ vyāpṛtya; viratāyāṃ yoṣityādhigatasukhāściravegā anurajyante, tatkṣaṇaviratāyāṃ ca duḥkhādhigamādanavāpya; te ratisukhaṃvirajyante, tasmātpuruṣasyeva yoṣito'pyanurāgopalambhādvisṛṣṭisukhādhigamaḥ pratīyata iti | - [Previous: 9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.25) - [Next: 9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.27) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana.2.1.15) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.26) · Pramāṇa