[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) › 5.3.7 # Kamasutra 5.3.7 Kāmasūtra 5.3.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.7) abhiyuktāpi pariharati/ na ca saṃsṛjyate/ na ca pratyācaṣṭe/ tasminn ātmani ca gauravābhimānāt/ sātiparicayāt kṛcchrasādhyā/ marmajñayā dūtyā tāṃ sādhayet// > When a woman avoids the attentions of a man, and on account of respect for him, and pride in herself, will not meet him or approach him, she can be gained over with difficulty, either by endeavoring to keep on familiar terms with her, or else by an exceedingly clever go-between. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 5.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.6) - [Next: 5.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.8) - [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.p5) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.31.7) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.3.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.7) · Pramāṇa