[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) › 1.5.6 # Kamasutra 1.5.6 Kāmasūtra 1.5.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.6) anyato 'pi bahuśo vyavasitacāritrā tasyāṃ veśyāyām iva gamanam uttamavarṇinyām api na dharmapīḍāṃ kariṣyati/ punarbhūr iyam// > (a) This woman is self-willed, and has been previously enjoyed by many others besides myself. I may, therefore, safely resort to her as to a public woman though she belongs to a higher caste than mine, and in so doing I shall not be violating the ordinances of Dharma. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > (b) This is a twice-married woman and has been enjoyed by others before me, there is, therefore, no objection to my resorting to her. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 1.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.5) - [Next: 1.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.7) - [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.p4) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.8.6) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.1.5.6) · Pramāṇa