[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) › 1.5.17 # Kamasutra 1.5.17 Kāmasūtra 1.5.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.17) rājaniyogāc cāntarvartinaṃ śatruṃ vāsya nirhaniṣyāmi// > (j) By the help of this woman I shall kill an enemy of the king, who has taken shelter with her, and whom I am ordered by the king to destroy. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 1.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.16) - [Next: 1.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.18) - [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.p22) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.17) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.1.5.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.17) · Pramāṇa