[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) › 5.3.2 # Kamasutra 5.3.2 Kāmasūtra 5.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.2) mantram avṛṇvānāṃ dūtyaināṃ sādhayet// > If she listens to him, but does not manifest to him in any way her own intentions, he should then try to gain her over by means of a go-between. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 5.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.1) - [Next: 5.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.3) - [Up: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.5.3.p3) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.31.2) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.3.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.2) · Pramāṇa