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# Kamasutra 4.2.66

Kāmasūtra 4.2.66

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.4.2.66)

antaḥpuracāriṇīnāṃ bahir aniṣkramo bāhyānāṃ cāpraveśaḥ/ anyatra viditaśaucābhyaḥ/ aparikliṣṭaś ca karmayoga ity āntaḥpurikam// bhavanti cātra ślokāḥ ---

> But the women of the harem should not be allowed to go out alone, neither should any woman outside the harem be allowed to enter it except those whose character is well known. And lastly the work which the King’s wives have to do should not be too fatiguing.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

> Thus ends the conduct of the King towards the women of the harem, and of their own conduct.  
> — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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## Translations (1)

- [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.4.2.p24) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.26.83) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.4.2.66) — Sanskrit

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