[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) › 5.4.62 # Kamasutra 5.4.62 Kāmasūtra 5.4.62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.62) pūrvaprastutārthaliṅgasaṃbaddham anyajanāgrahaṇīyaṃ laukikārthaṃ dvyarthaṃ vā vacanam udāsīnā yā śrāvayet sā vātadūtī/ tasyā api tayaiva pratyuttaraprārthanam iti tāsāṃ viśeṣāḥ// bhavanti cātra ślokāḥ --- > (8) A person who carries a message to a woman which has a double meaning, or which relates to some past transactions, or which is unintelligible to other people, is called a go-between who acts the part of the wind. In this case the reply should be asked for through the same woman. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 5.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.61) - [Next: 5.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.63) - [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.p32) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.32.61) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.5.4.62) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.4.62) · Pramāṇa