[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) › 2.7.31 # Kamasutra 2.7.31 Kāmasūtra 2.7.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7.31) nāsty atra gaṇanā kā cin na ca śāstraparigrahaḥ/ pravṛtte ratisaṃyoge rāga evātra kāraṇam// > "About these things there cannot be either enumeration or any definite rule. Congress having once commenced, passion alone gives birth to all the acts of the parties." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 2.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7.30) - [Next: 2.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7.32) - [Up: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.2.7.p31) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.16.30) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.2.7.31) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.2.7.31) · Pramāṇa