[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) › 3.4.20 # Kamasutra 3.4.20 Kāmasūtra 3.4.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4.20) tatra yathārtham anudvejayato bhāvanivedanam// > He should sprinkle upon her the water brought for rinsing his mouth; and when alone with her in a lonely place, or in darkness, he should make love to her, and tell her the true state of his mind without distressing her in any way. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 3.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4.19) - [Next: 3.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4.21) - [Up: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.3.4.p4) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.23.20) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.3.4.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4.20) · Pramāṇa