[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) › 3.2.6 # Kamasutra 3.2.6 Kāmasūtra 3.2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.2.6) kusumasadharmāṇo hi yoṣitaḥ sukumāropakramāḥ/ tās tv anadhigataviśvāsaiḥ prasabham upakramyamāṇāḥ saṃprayogadveṣiṇyo bhavanti/ tasmāt sāmnaivopacaret// > For the first three days after marriage, the girl and her husband should sleep on the floor, abstain from sexual pleasures, and eat their food without seasoning it either with alkali or salt. For the next seven days they should bathe amidst the sounds of auspicious musical instruments, should decorate themselves, dine together, and pay attention to their relations as well as to those who may have come to witness their marriage. This is applicable to persons of all castes. On the night of the tenth day the man should begin in a lonely place with soft words, and thus create confidence in the girl. Some authors say that for the purpose of winning her over he should not speak to her for three days, but the followers of Babhravya are of opinion that if the man does not speak with her for three days, the girl may be discouraged by seeing him spiritless like a pillar, and, becoming dejected, she may begin to despise him as a eunuch. Vatsyayana says that the man should begin to win her over, and to create confidence in her, but should abstain at first from sexual pleasures. Women being of a tender nature, want tender beginnings, and when they are forcibly approached by men with whom they are but slightly acquainted, they sometimes suddenly become haters of sexual connection, and sometimes even haters of the male sex. The man should therefore approach the girl according to her liking, and should make use of those devices by which he may be able to establish himself more and more into her confidence. These devices are as follows:— > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.2.5) - [Next: 3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.2.7) - [Up: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.3.2.p2) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.3.2.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.2.6) · Pramāṇa