[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) › 2.3.27 # Kamasutra 2.3.27 Kāmasūtra 2.3.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.27) sāpi tu bhāvajijñāsārthinī nāyakasyāgamanakālaṃ saṃlakṣya vyājena suptā syāt// > When a lover coming home late at night kisses his beloved who is asleep on her bed in order to show her his desire, it is called a "kiss that awakens." On such an occasion the woman may pretend to be asleep at the time of her lover's arrival, so that she may know his intention and obtain respect from him. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.26) - [Next: 2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.28) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.3.p28) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.12.29) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.3.27) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.3.27) · Pramāṇa