[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) › 3.5.17 # Kamasutra 3.5.17 Kāmasūtra 3.5.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.5.17) anantaraṃ ca prīty upagraheṇa rāgeṇa tad bāndhavān prīṇayed iti/ > After the consummation of the marriage, the relations of the man should gradually be made acquainted with the affair, and the relations of the girl should also be apprised of it in such a way that they may consent to the marriage, and overlook the manner in which it was brought about, and when this is done they should afterwards be reconciled by affectionate presents and favorable conduct. In this manner the man should marry the girl according to the Gandharva form of marriage. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 3.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.5.16) - [Next: 3.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.5.18) - [Up: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.3.5.p5) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.24.16) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.3.5.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.3.5.17) · Pramāṇa