[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) › [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana) › [Nirnayasagara edition (1900)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*nirnaya) › 1.2.24 # Kamasutra 1.2.24 Nirṇayasāgara edition (1900) 1.2.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*nirnaya.1.2.24) varaṃ sāṃśayikān niṣkād asāṃśayikaḥ kārṣāpaṇaḥ/ iti \*laukāyatikāḥ// > The Lokayatikas say:—Religious ordinances should not be observed, for they bear a future fruit, and at the same time it is also doubtful whether they will bear any fruit at all. What foolish person will give away that which is in his own hands into the hands of another? Moreover, it is better to have a pigeon today than a peacock tomorrow; and a copper coin which we have the certainty of obtaining, is better than a gold coin, the possession of which is doubtful. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 1.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*nirnaya.1.2.23) - [Next: 1.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*nirnaya.1.2.25) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*nirnaya.1.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.1.2.p15) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.5.30) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.1.2.24) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*nirnaya.1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*nirnaya.1.2.24) · Pramāṇa