[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) › 5.5.25 # Kamasutra 5.5.25 Kāmasūtra 5.5.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.5.25) etayā vṛtty arthināṃ mahāmātrābhitaptānāṃ balād vigṛhītānāṃ vyavahāre durbalānāṃ svabhogenāsaṃtuṣṭānāṃ rājani prītikāmānāṃ rājyajaneṣu paṅkti(vyakti)m icchatāṃ sajātair bādhyamānānāṃ sajātān bādhitukāmānāṃ sūcakānām anyeṣāṃ kāryavaśināṃ jāyā vyākhyātāḥ// > (6) What has been said above regarding the wife of one who has some cause of fear from the King, applies also to the wives of those who seek service under the King, or who are oppressed by the King's ministers, or who are poor, or who are not satisfied with their position, or who are desirous of gaining the King's favor, or who wish to become famous among the people, or who are oppressed by the members of their own caste, or who want to injure their caste fellows, or who are spies of the King, or who have any other object to attain. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 5.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.5.24) - [Next: 5.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.5.26) - [Up: 5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.5.5.p10) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.33.26) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.5.5.25) · Pramāṇa