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Kamasutra 5.5.24

Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 5.5.24

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5.5.24

udbhūtān:arthasya bhītasya vā bhāryāṃ bhikṣukī brūyāt asāv antaḥ:purikā rājani siddhā gṛhīta-vākyā mama vacanaṃ śṛṇoti. sva-bhāvataś ca kṛpā-śīlā tām anenopāyenādhigamiṣyāmi. aham eva te praveśaṃ kārayiṣyāmi. sā ca te bhartur mahāntam an:arthaṃ nivartayiṣyatīti pratipannāṃ dvis trir iti praveśayet. antaḥ:purikā cāsyā a:bhayaṃ dadyāt. a:bhaya-śravaṇāc ca saṃprahṛṣṭāṃ praṇihitā rāja-dāsīti samānaṃ pūrveṇa..5.5.25 etayā vṛtty-arthināṃ mahāmātrābhitaptānāṃ balād vigṛhītānāṃ vyavahāre dur:balānāṃ sva-bhogenā:saṃtuṣṭānāṃ rājani prīti-kāmānāṃ rājya-janeṣu paṅktim icchatāṃ sa-jātair bādhyamānānāṃ sa:jātān bādhitu-kāmānāṃ sūcakānām anyeṣām kārya-vaśināṃ jāyā vyākhyātāḥ.

(5) Or, a female beggar, in league with the King's wife, should say to the woman desired by the King, and whose husband may have lost his wealth, or may have some cause of fear from the King: "This wife of the King has influence over him, and she is, moreover, naturally kind-hearted, we must therefore go to her in this matter. I shall arrange for your entrance into the harem, and she will do away with all cause of danger and fear from the King." If the woman accepts this offer, the female beggar should take her two or three times to the harem, and the King's wife there should give her a promise of protection. After this, when the woman, delighted with her reception and promise of protection, again goes to the harem, then a female attendant of the King, sent thither, should act as directed.

Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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