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Kamasutra 5.4.30

Kāmasūtra 5.4.30

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Sanskrit

5.4.30

dūty enāṃ darśitākārāṃ nāyakābhijñānair upabṛṃhayet/

When the woman manifests her love in the manner above described, the go-between should increase it by bringing to her love-tokens from the man. But if the women be not acquainted with the man personally, the go-between should win her over by extolling and praising his good qualities, and by telling stories about his love for her. Here Auddalaka says that when a man or woman are not personally acquainted with each other, and have not shown each other any signs of affection, the employment of a go-between is useless.

Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

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