[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) › 1.5.37 # Kamasutra 1.5.37 Kāmasūtra 1.5.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.37) ātmavān mitravān yukto bhāvajño deśakālavit/ alabhyām apy ayatnena striyaṃ saṃsādhayen naraḥ// > The man who is ingenious and wise, who is accompanied by a friend, and who knows the intentions of others, as also the proper time and place for doing everything, can gain over, very easily, even a woman who is very hard to be obtained. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana ### [1.5.37.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.37.p1) 2. sāṃprayogikaṃ nāma dvitīyam adhikaraṇam > END OF PART I. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.1.5.p79) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.41) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.1.5.37) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.375) — P. V. Kane, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.37) · Pramāṇa