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Kamasutra 2.1.21

Kāmasūtra 2.1.21

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2.1.21

tac ca na/ sāmānye 'pi bhrāntisaṃskāre kulālacakrasya bhramarakasya vā bhrāntāv eva vartamānasya prārambhe mandavegatā tataś ca krameṇa pūraṇam vegasyety upapadyate/ dhātukṣayāc ca virāmābhīpseti/ tasmād anākṣepaḥ//

This objection, however, does not hold good, for even in ordinary things that revolve with great force, such as a potter's wheel, or a top, we find that the motion at first is slow, but by degrees it becomes very rapid. In the same way the passion of the woman having gradually increased, she has a desire to discontinue coition, when all the semen has fallen away. And there is a verse with regard to this as follows:—

Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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