[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) › 5.4.34 # Kamasutra 5.4.34 Kāmasūtra 5.4.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.34) saṃstutayor apy asaṃsṛṣṭākārayor astīti goṇikāputraḥ/ > The followers of Babhravya on the other hand, affirm that even though they be personally unacquainted, but have shown each other signs of affection there is an occasion for the employment of a go-between. Gonikaputra asserts that a go-between should be employed, provided they are acquainted with each other, even though no signs of affection may have passed between them. Vatsyayana, however, lays it down that even though they may not be personally acquainted with each other and may not have shown each other any signs of affection, still they are both capable of placing confidence in a go-between. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 5.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.33) - [Next: 5.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.35) - [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.p9) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.32.32) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.4.34) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.34) · Pramāṇa