[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) › 2.1.20 # Kamasutra 2.1.20 Kāmasūtra 2.1.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.20) tatraitat syāt --- sātatyena rasaprāptāv ārambhakāle madhyasthacittatā nātisahiṣṇutā ca/ tataḥ krameṇādhiko rāgayogaḥ śarīre nirapekṣatvam/ ante ca virāmābhīpsety etad upapannam iti// > To this there is an objection. In the beginning of coition the passion of the woman is middling, and she cannot bear the vigorous thrusts of her lover, but by degrees her passion increases until she ceases to think about her body, and then finally she wishes to stop from further coition. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.19) - [Next: 2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.21) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.1.p21) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.36) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.1.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.20) · Pramāṇa