Kamasutra 3.5.19

Kāmasūtra 3.5.19

Language: Sanskrit

3.5.19

apratipadyamānāyām antaś cāriṇīm anyāṃ kulapramadāṃ pūrvasaṃsṛṣṭāṃ prīyamāṇāṃ copagṛhya tayā saha viṣahyam avakāśam enām anyakāryāpadeśenānayayet/

When the girl cannot make up her mind, or will not express her readiness to marry, the man should obtain her in any one of the following ways:—
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(1) On a fitting occasion, and under some excuse, he should, by means of a female friend with whom he is well acquainted and whom he can trust, and who also is well known to the girl's family, get the girl brought unexpectedly to his house, and he should then bring fire from the house of a Brahman, and proceed as before described.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Translations (1)

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

Commentaries (1)

Jayamaṅgalā — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

Other recensions (1)

Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) — Sanskrit