[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) › 5.4.30 # Kamasutra 5.4.30 Kāmasūtra 5.4.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.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 - [Previous: 5.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.29) - [Next: 5.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.31) - [Up: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.5.4.p8) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.32.29) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.4.30) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.30) · Pramāṇa