[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) › 5.3.8 # Kamasutra 5.3.8 Kāmasūtra 5.3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.8) sā ced abhiyujyamānā pāruṣyeṇa pratyādiśaty upekṣyā// > When a man makes up to a woman, and she reproaches him with harsh words, she should be abandoned at once. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 5.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.7) - [Next: 5.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.9) - [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.p6) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.31.8) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.3.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.3.8) · Pramāṇa