Kamasutra 1.1

1.1.1

dharmārtha-kāmebhyo namaḥ.

Salutation to Dharma, Artha, and Kama.

1.1.2

śāstre prakṛtatvāt((1)).

Salutation to Dharma, Artha, and Kama.

1.1.3

tatsamayāvabodhakebhyaś ca ācāryebhyaḥ. iti.

Salutation to Dharma, Artha, and Kama.

1.1.4

tat-saṃbandhāt. iti.

Salutation to Dharma, Artha, and Kama.

1.1.5

prajāpatir hi prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā tāsāṃ sthiti-nibandhanaṃ trivargasya sādhanam adhyāyānāṃ śatasahasreṇāgre provāca.

In the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form of commandments in one hundred thousand chapters laid down rules for regulating their existence with regard to Dharma, Artha, and Kama. Some of these commandments, namely those which treated of Dharma, were separately written by Swayambhu Manu; those that related to Artha were compiled by Brihaspati; and those that referred to Kama were expounded by Nandi, the follower of Mahadeva, in one thousand chapters.

1.1.6

tasyaikadeśikaṃ manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo dharmādhikārikaṃ pṛthak cakāra.

In the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form of commandments in one hundred thousand chapters laid down rules for regulating their existence with regard to Dharma, Artha, and Kama. Some of these commandments, namely those which treated of Dharma, were separately written by Swayambhu Manu; those that related to Artha were compiled by Brihaspati; and those that referred to Kama were expounded by Nandi, the follower of Mahadeva, in one thousand chapters.

1.1.7

bṛhaspatir arthādhikārikam.

In the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form of commandments in one hundred thousand chapters laid down rules for regulating their existence with regard to Dharma, Artha, and Kama. Some of these commandments, namely those which treated of Dharma, were separately written by Swayambhu Manu; those that related to Artha were compiled by Brihaspati; and those that referred to Kama were expounded by Nandi, the follower of Mahadeva, in one thousand chapters.

1.1.8

mahādevānucaraś ca nandī sahasreṇādhyāyānāṃ pṛthak kāma-sūtraṃ provāca.

In the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form of commandments in one hundred thousand chapters laid down rules for regulating their existence with regard to Dharma, Artha, and Kama. Some of these commandments, namely those which treated of Dharma, were separately written by Swayambhu Manu; those that related to Artha were compiled by Brihaspati; and those that referred to Kama were expounded by Nandi, the follower of Mahadeva, in one thousand chapters.

1.1.9

tad eva tu pañcabhir adhyāya-śatair auddālikiḥ śvetaketuḥ saṃcikṣepa.

Now these "Kama Sutra" (Aphorisms on Love), written by Nundi in one thousand chapters, were reproduced by Shvetaketu, the son of Uddvalaka, in an abbreviated form in five hundred chapters, and this work was again similarly reproduced in an abridged form, in one hundred and fifty chapters, by Babhravya, an inheritant of the Punchala (South of Delhi) country. These one hundred and fifty chapters were then put together under seven heads or parts named severally—

1.1.10

tad eva tu punar adhy:ardhenādhyāyaśatena [1]sādhāraṇa-[2]sāṃprayogika-[3]kanyā-saṃprayuktaka-[ 4]bhāryādhikārika-[5]pāradārika-[6]vaiśika-[7]aupaniṣadikaiḥ saptabhir adhikaraṇair bābhravyaḥ pāñcālaḥ saṃcikṣepa.

1st. Sadharana (general topics).

2nd. Samprayogika (embraces, etc.).

3rd. Kanya Samprayuktaka (union of males and females).

4th. Bharyadhikarika (on one's own wife).

5th. Paradarika (on the wives of other people).

6th. Vaisika (on courtezans).

7th. Aupamishadika (on the arts of seduction, tonic medicines, etc.).

Now these "Kama Sutra" (Aphorisms on Love), written by Nundi in one thousand chapters, were reproduced by Shvetaketu, the son of Uddvalaka, in an abbreviated form in five hundred chapters, and this work was again similarly reproduced in an abridged form, in one hundred and fifty chapters, by Babhravya, an inheritant of the Punchala (South of Delhi) country. These one hundred and fifty chapters were then put together under seven heads or parts named severally—

1.1.11

tasya ṣaṣṭaṃ vaiśikam adhikaraṇaṃ pāṭaliputrakāṇāṃ gaṇikānāṃ niyogād dattakaḥ pṛthak cakāra.

The sixth part of this last work was separately expounded by Dattaka at the request of the public women of Pataliputra (Patna), and in the same way Charayana explained the first part of it. The remaining parts, viz., the second, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh were each separately expounded by:—

1.1.12

tat-prasaṅgāc cārāyaṇaḥ sādhāraṇam adhikaraṇaṃ provāca. suvarṇanābhaḥ sāṃprayogikam. ghoṭakamukhaḥ kanyā-saṃprayuktakam. gonardīyo bhāryādhikārikam. goṇikāputraḥ pāradārikam. kucumāra aupaniṣadikam iti.

Suvarnanabha (second part).

Ghotakamukha (third part).

Gonatdiya (fourth part).

Gonikaputra (fifth part).

Kuchumara (seventh part), respectively.

The sixth part of this last work was separately expounded by Dattaka at the request of the public women of Pataliputra (Patna), and in the same way Charayana explained the first part of it. The remaining parts, viz., the second, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh were each separately expounded by:—

1.1.13

evaṃ bahubhir ācāryais tac chāstraṃ khaṇḍaśaḥ praṇītam utsanna-kalpam abhūt.

Thus the work being written in part by different authors was almost unobtainable, and as the parts which were expounded by Dattaka and the others treated only of the particular branches of the subject to which each part related, and moreover as the original work of Babhravya was difficult to be mastered on account of its length, Vatsyayana, therefore, composed this work in a small volume as an abstract of the whole of the works of the above-named authors.

1.1.14

tatra dattakādibhiḥ praṇītānāṃ śāstrāvayavānām ekadeśatvāt mahad iti ca bābhravīyasya dur:ādhyeyatvāt saṃkṣipya sarvam artham alpena granthena kāmasūtram idaṃ praṇītam.

Thus the work being written in part by different authors was almost unobtainable, and as the parts which were expounded by Dattaka and the others treated only of the particular branches of the subject to which each part related, and moreover as the original work of Babhravya was difficult to be mastered on account of its length, Vatsyayana, therefore, composed this work in a small volume as an abstract of the whole of the works of the above-named authors.

1.1.15

tasyāyaṃ prakaraṇādhikaraṇa-samuddeśaḥ

1.1.16

śāstra-saṃgrahaḥ. trivarga-pratipattiḥ. vidyāsamuddeśaḥ. nāgaraka-vṛttam. nāyaka-sahāya-dūtī-karmavimarśaḥ. iti sādhāraṇaṃ prathamādhikaraṇam adhyāyaḥ pañca prakaraṇāni pañca.

1.1.17

pramāṇa-kālā-bhāvebhyo ratāvasthāpanam. prīti-viśeṣāḥ. āliṅgana-vicārāḥ. cumbana-vikalpāḥ..nakharadana-jātayaḥ. daśana-cchedya-vidhayaḥ. deśyā upacārāḥ saṃveśana-prakārāḥ citra-ratāni prahaṇa-yogaḥ tad-yuktāś ca sītkṛtopakramāḥ puruṣāyitam puruṣopasṛptāni aupariṣṭakam ratārambhāvasānikam rata-viśeṣāḥ praṇaya-kalahaḥ iti sāṃprayogikaṃ dvitīyam adhikaraṇam. adhyayā daśa prakaraṇāni saptadaśa.

1.1.18

varaṇa-vidhānam sambandha-nirṇayaḥ kanyā-visrambhaṇam bālāyāḥ upakramāḥ iṅgitākāra-sūcanam eka-puruṣābhiyogaḥ prayojyasyopāvartaṇam abhiyogataś ca kanyāyāḥ pratipattiḥ vivāha-yogaḥ iti kanyā-saṃprayuktakaṃ tṛtīyādhikaraṇam. adhyāyāḥ pañca prakaraṇāni nava

1.1.19

ekacāriṇī-vṛttam pravāsacāryā sapatnīṣu jyeṣṭhā-vṛttam kaniṣṭhā-vṛttam punarbhū-vṛttam durbhagā-vṛttam āntaḥpurikam puruṣasya bahvīṣu pratipattiḥ iti bhāryādhikārikaṃ caturtham adhikaraṇam adhyāyau dvau prakaraṇāny aṣṭau

1.1.20

strī-puruṣa-śīlāvasthāpanam vyāvarttana-kāraṇāni strīṣu siddhāḥ puruṣāḥ a:yatna-sādhyā yoṣitaḥ paricaya-kāraṇāni abhiyogāḥ bhāva-parīkṣā dūtī-karmāṇi īśvarakāmitam antaḥpurikaṃ dāra-rakṣitakam iti pāradārikaṃ pañcamam adhikaraṇam adhyāyāḥ ṣaṭ prakaraṇāni daśa((2))

1.1.21

gamya-cintā gamana-kāraṇāni upāvartana-vidhiḥ kāntānuvartanam arthāgamopāyāḥ virakta-liṅgāni virakta-pratipattiḥ niṣkāsana-prakārāḥ viśīrṇa-pratisaṃdhānam.lābhaviśeṣaḥ arthānarthānubandha-saṃśaya-vicāraḥ veśyā-viśeṣāś ca iti vaiśikaṃ ṣaṣṭam adhikaraṇam adhyāyaḥ ṣaṭ prakaraṇāni dvādaśa.

1.1.22

subhagaṃ-karaṇam vaśī-karaṇam vṛṣyāś ca yogāḥ naṣṭa-rāga-pratyānayanam vṛddhi-vidhayaḥ citrāś ca yogāḥ ity aupaniṣadikaṃ saptamam adhikaraṇam adhyāyau dvau prakaraṇāni ṣaṭ.

1.1.23

evaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśad adhyāyāḥ catuḥśaṣṭiḥ prakaraṇāni((3)) adhikaraṇāni sapta sa:pādaṃ śloka-sahasram iti śāstrasya saṃgrahaḥ.

1.1.24

saṃkṣepam imam uktvāsya vistāro 'taḥ pravakṣyate. iṣṭaṃ hi viduṣāṃ loke samāsa-vyāsa-bhāṣaṇam..

1.1_2

iti śrīvātsyāyanīye kāmasūtre sādhāraṇe prathame 'dhikaraṇe śāstra-saṃgrahaḥ prahamo 'dhyāyaḥ.

1.1.p1

leçon 2 atha trivarga-pratipatti-nāmako dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ.
section (prakaraṇa) 2 a) anuṣṭhāna