[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) › 2.1.30 # Kamasutra 2.1.30 Kāmasūtra 2.1.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.30) jāter abhedād daṃpatyoḥ sadṛśaṃ sukham iṣyate/ tasmāt tathopacaryā strī yathāgre prāpnuyād ratim// > "Men and women being of the same nature, feel the same kind of pleasure, and therefore a man should marry such a woman as will love him ever afterwards." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.29) - [Next: 2.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.31) - [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.p31) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.9.62) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.1.30) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.1.30) · Pramāṇa