[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) › 1.5.12 # Kamasutra 1.5.12 Kāmasūtra 1.5.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.12) niratyayaṃ vāsyā gamanam arthānubaddham/ ahaṃ ca niḥsāratvāt kṣīṇavṛtty upāyaḥ/ so 'ham anenopāyena taddhanam atimahad akṛcchrād adhigamiṣyāmi/ > (g) The union of this woman with me is not attended with any danger, and will bring me wealth, of which, on account of my poverty and inability to support myself, I am very much in need. I shall, therefore obtain her vast riches in this way without any difficulty. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 1.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.11) - [Next: 1.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.13) - [Up: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.1.5.p16) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.12) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.1.5.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.12) · Pramāṇa