[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) › 3.2.8 # Kamasutra 3.2.8 Kāmasūtra 3.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.2.8) tat priyeṇāliṅganenācaritena/ nātikālatvāt// > He should embrace her first of all in the way she likes most, because it does not last for a long time. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.2.7) - [Next: 3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.2.9) - [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.p3) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.21.8) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.3.2.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.2.8) · Pramāṇa