[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) › 6.2.76 # Kamasutra 6.2.76 Kāmasūtra 6.2.76 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.2.76) kāmayante virajyante rañjayanti tyajanti ca/ karṣayantyo 'pi sarvārthāñ jñāyante naiva yoṣitaḥ// > "Women are hardly ever known in their true light, though they may love men, or become indifferent towards them; may give them delight, or abandon them; or may extract from them all the wealth that they may possess." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 6.2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.2.75) - [Next: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3) - [Up: 6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.6.2.p12) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.36.57) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.2.76) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.2.76) · Pramāṇa