[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) › [Kamasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana) › 1.2.15 # Kamasutra 1.2.15 Kāmasūtra 1.2.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.2.15) arthaś ca rājñaḥ/ tan mūlatvāl lokayātrāyāḥ/ veśyāyāś ceti trivargapratipattiḥ// > When all the three, viz., Dharma, Artha, and Kama come together, the former is better than the one which follows it, i.e., Dharma is better than Artha, and Artha is better than Kama. But Artha should always be practiced by the king, for the livelihood of men is to be obtained from it only. Again, Kama being the occupation of public women, they should prefer it to the other two, and these are exceptions to the general rule. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 1.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.2.14) - [Next: 1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.2.16) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.1.2.p9) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.5.16) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.1.2.15) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s3.25) — V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.2.15) · Pramāṇa