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Kamasutra 3.2.29

Kāmasūtra 3.2.29

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3.2.29

anuśiṣyāc ca/ ātmānurāgaṃ darśayet/ manorathāṃś ca pūrvakālikān anuvarṇayet/ āyatyāṃ ca tadānukūlyena pravṛttiṃ pratijānīyāt/ sapatnībhyaś ca sādhvasam avacchindyāt/ kālena ca krameṇa vimuktakanyābhāvām anudvejayann upakrameta/ iti kanyāvisrambhaṇam// bhavanti cātra ślokāḥ ---

On the second and third nights, after her confidence has increased still more, he should feel the whole of her body with his hands, and kiss her all over; he should also place his hands upon her thighs and if he succeed in this he should then shampoo the joints of her thighs. If she tries to prevent him doing this he should say to her, "What harm is there in doing it?" and should persuade her to let him do it. After gaining this point he should touch her private parts, should loosen her girdle and the knot of her dress, and turning up her lower garment should shampoo the joints of her naked thighs. Under various pretences he should do all these things, but he should not at that time begin actual congress. After this he should teach her the sixty-four arts, should tell her how much he loves her, and describe to her the hopes which he formerly entertained regarding her. He should also promise to be faithful to her in future, and should dispel all her fears with respect to rival women, and, at last, after having overcome her bashfulness, he should begin to enjoy her in a way so as not to frighten her. So much about creating confidence in the girl; and there are, moreover, some verses on the subject as follows:—

Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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