[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) › 2.10.17 # Kamasutra 2.10.17 Kāmasūtra 2.10.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.10.17) madhyastharāgayor ārabdhaṃ yad anurajyate tad āhāryarāgam// > (2) When two persons come together, while their love for each other is still in its infancy, their congress is called the "congress of subsequent love." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.10.16) - [Next: 2.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.10.18) - [Up: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.10) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.10.p14) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.19.31) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.10.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.10.17) · Pramāṇa