[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) › 3.4.37 # Kamasutra 3.4.37 Kāmasūtra 3.4.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4.37) sā tu guṇavantaṃ śaktaṃ sudarśanaṃ bālaprītyābhiyojayet// > When a girl, possessed of good qualities and well-bred, though born in a humble family, or destitute of wealth, and not therefore desired by her equals, or an orphan girl, or one deprived of her parents, but observing the rules of her family and caste, should wish to bring about her own marriage when she comes of age, such a girl should endeavor to gain over a strong and good looking young man, or a person whom she thinks would marry her on account of the weakness of his mind, and even without the consent of his parents. She should do this by such means as would endear her to the said person, as well as by frequently seeing and meeting him. Her mother also should constantly cause them to meet by means of her female friends, and the daughter of her nurse. The girl herself should try to get alone with her beloved in some quiet place, and at odd times should give him flowers, betel nut, betel leaves, and perfumes. She should also show her skill in the practice of the arts, in shampooing, in scratching, and in pressing with the nails. She should also talk to him on the subjects he likes best, and discuss with him the ways and means of gaining over and winning the affections of a girl. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 3.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4.36) - [Next: 3.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4.38) - [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.p8) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.23.37) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.3.4.37) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.4.37) · Pramāṇa