[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) › 4.2.33 # Kamasutra 4.2.33 Kāmasūtra 4.2.33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2.33) saukhyārthinī sā kilānyaṃ punar vindeta// > The followers of Babhravya say that a virgin widow should not marry a person whom she may be obliged to leave on account of his bad character, or of his being destitute of the excellent qualities of a man, she thus being obliged to have recourse to another person. Gonardya is of opinion that as the cause of a widow’s marrying again is her desire for happiness, and as happiness is secured by the possession of excellent qualities in her husband, joined to a love of enjoyment, it is better therefore to secure a person endowed with such qualities in the first instance. Vatsyayana, however, thinks that a widow may marry any person that she likes, and that she thinks will suit her. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 4.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2.32) - [Next: 4.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2.34) - [Up: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.4.2.p14) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.26.41) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.4.2.33) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2.33) · Pramāṇa