[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) › 2.1.21 # Kamasutra 2.1.21 Kāmasūtra 2.1.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.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 - [Previous: 2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.20) - [Next: 2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.22) - [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.p22) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.1.21) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.21) · Pramāṇa