Kamasutra 6.3

6.3

arthāgamopāyā viraktaliṅgāni viraktapratipattir niṣkāsanakramās

6.3.1

saktādivittādānaṃ svābhāvikam upāyataś ca/

Money is got out of a lover in two ways, viz.:

By natural or lawful means, and by artifices. Old authors are of opinion that when a courtezan can get as much money as she wants from her lover, she should not make use of artifice. But Vatsyayana lays down that though she may get some money from him by natural means, yet when she makes use of artifice he gives her doubly more, and therefore artifice should be resorted to for the purpose of extorting money from him at all events.

6.3.2

tatra svābhāvikaṃ saṃkalpāt samadhikaṃ vā labhamānā nopāyān prayuñjītety ācāryāḥ/

6.3.3

viditam apy upāyaiḥ pariṣkṛtaṃ dviguṇaṃ dāsyatīti vātsyāyanaḥ//

6.3.4

alaṃkārabhakṣyabhojyapeyamālyavastragandhadravya^ādīnāṃ vyavahāriṣu kālikam uddhārārtham arthapratinayanena/

1st. Taking money from him on different occasions, for the purpose of purchasing various articles, such as ornaments, food, drink, flowers, perfumes and clothes, and either not buying them, or getting from him more than their cost.

6.3.5

tat samakṣaṃ tad vittapraśaṃsā/

2nd. Praising his intelligence to his face.

6.3.6

vratavṛkṣārāmadevakulataḍāgodyānotsavaprītidāya^vyapadeśaḥ/

3rd. Pretending to be obliged to make gifts on occasion of festivals connected with vows, trees, gardens, temples, or tanks.

6.3.7

tad abhigamananimitto rakṣibhiś caurair vālaṃkāraparimoṣaḥ/

4th. Pretending that at the time of going to his house, her jewels have been stolen either by the King's guards, or by robbers.

6.3.8

dāhāt kuḍyacchedāt pramādād bhavane cārthanāśaḥ/

5th. Alleging that her property has been destroyed by fire, by the falling of her house, or by the carelessness of the servants.

6.3.9

tathā yācitālaṃkārāṇāṃ nāyakālaṃkārāṇāṃ ca tad abhigamanārthasya vyayasya praṇidhibhir nivedanam/

6th. Pretending to have lost the ornaments of her lover along with her own.

7th. Causing him to hear through other people of the expenses incurred by her in coming to see him.

6.3.10

tad artham ṛṇagrahaṇam/ jananyā saha tad udbhavasya vyayasya vivādaḥ/

8th. Contracting debts for the sake of her lover.

9th. Disputing with her mother on account of some expense incurred by her for the lover, and which was not approved of by her mother.

6.3.11

suhṛt kāryeṣv anabhigamanam anabhihārahetoḥ/

10th. Not going to parties and festivities in the houses of her friends for the want of presents to make to them, she having previously informed her lover of the valuable presents given to her by these very friends.

6.3.12

taiś ca pūrvam āhṛtā guravo 'bhihārāḥ pūrvamupanītāḥ pūrvaṃ śrāvitāḥ syuḥ/

6.3.13

ucitānāṃ kriyāṇāṃ vicchittiḥ/

11th. Not performing certain festive rites under the pretence that she has no money to perform them with.

6.3.14

nāyakārthaṃ ca śilpiṣu kāryam/

12th. Engaging artists to do something for her lover.

6.3.15

vaidyamahāmātrayor upakārikriyā kāryahetoḥ/

13th. Entertaining physicians and ministers for the purpose of attaining some object.

6.3.16

mitrāṇāṃ copakāriṇāṃ vyasaneṣv abhyupapattiḥ/

14th. Assisting friends and benefactors both on festive occasions, and in misfortune.

6.3.17

gṛhakarma/ sakhyāḥ putrasyotsañjanam dohado vyādhir mitrasya duḥkhāpanayanam iti/

15th. Performing household rites.

16th. Having to pay the expenses of the ceremony of marriage of the son of a female friend.

17th. Having to satisfy curious wishes during her state of pregnancy.

18th. Pretending to be ill, and charging her cost of treatment.

19th. Having to remove the troubles of a friend.

6.3.18

alaṃkāraikadeśavikrayo nāyakasyārthe/

20th. Selling some of her ornaments, so as to give her lover a present.

6.3.19

tayā śīlitasya cālaṃkārasya bhāṇḍopaskarasya vā vaṇijo vikrayārthaṃ darśanam/

21st. Pretending to sell some of her ornaments, furniture, or cooking utensils to a trader, who has been already tutored how to behave in the matter.

6.3.20

pratigaṇikānāṃ ca sadṛśasya bhāṇḍasya vyatikare prativiśiṣṭasya grahaṇam/

22nd. Having to buy cooking utensils of greater value than those of other people, so that they might be more easily distinguished, and not changed for others of an inferior description.

6.3.21

pūrvopakārāṇām avismaraṇam anukīrtanaṃ ca/

23rd. Remembering the former favors of her lover, and causing them always to be spoken of by her friends and followers.

6.3.22

praṇidhibhiḥ pratigaṇikānāṃ lābhātiśayaṃ śrāvayet/

24th. Informing her lover of the great gains of other courtezans.

6.3.23

tāsu nāyakasamakṣam ātmano 'bhyadhikaṃ lābhaṃ bhūtam abhūtaṃ vā vrīḍitā nāma varṇayet/

25th. Describing before them, and in the presence of her lover, her own great gains, and making them out to be greater even than theirs, though such may not have been really the case.

6.3.24

pūrvayogināṃ ca lābhātiśayena punaḥ saṃdhāne yatamānānām aviṣkṛtaḥ pratiṣedhaḥ/

26th. Openly opposing her mother when she endeavors to persuade her to take up with men with whom she had been formerly acquainted, on account of the great gains to be got from them.

6.3.25

tat spardhināṃ tyāgayogināṃ nidarśanam/

27th. Lastly, pointing out to her lover the liberality of his rivals.

6.3.26

na punar eṣyatīti bālayācitakam ity arthāgamopāyāḥ//

Thus end the ways and means of getting money.

6.3.27

viraktaṃ ca nityam eva prakṛtivikriyāto vidyāt mukhavarṇāc ca//

A woman should always know the state of the mind, of the feelings, and of the disposition of her lover towards her, from the changes of his temper, his manner, and the color of his face.

6.3.28

ūnam atiriktaṃ vā dadāti/

1st. He gives the woman either less than is wanted, or something else than that which is asked for.

6.3.29

pratilomaiḥ saṃbadhyate/

2nd. He keeps her in hopes by promises.

6.3.30

vyapadiśyānyat karoti/

3rd. He pretends to do one thing, and does something else.

6.3.31

ucitam ācchinatti/

4th. He does not fulfill her desires.

6.3.32

pratijñātam vismarati/ anyathā vā yojayati/

5th. He forgets his promises, or does something else than that which he has promised.

6.3.33

svapakṣaiḥ saṃjñayā bhāṣate/

6th. He speaks with his own servants in a mysterious way.

6.3.34

mitrakāryam apadiśyānyatra śete/

7th. He sleeps in some other house under the pretence of having to do something for a friend.

6.3.35

pūrvasaṃsṛṣṭāyāś ca parijanena mithaḥ kathayati//

8th. Lastly, he speaks in private with the attendants of a woman with whom he was formerly acquainted.

6.3.36

tasya sāradravyāṇi prāg avabodhād anyāpadeśena haste kurvīta/

Now when a courtezan finds that her lover's disposition toward her is changing, she should get possession of all his best things before he becomes aware of her intentions, and allow a supposed creditor to take them away forcibly from her in satisfaction of some pretended debt. After this, if the lover is rich, and has always behaved well towards her, she should ever treat him with respect; but if he is poor and destitute, she should get rid of him as if she had never been acquainted with him in any way before.

6.3.37

tāni cāsyā hastād uttamarṇaḥ prasahya gṛhṇīyāt/

6.3.38

vivadamānena saha dharmastheṣu vyavahared iti viraktapratipattiḥ//

6.3.39

saktaṃ tu pūrvopakāriṇam apy alpaphalaṃ vyalīkenānupālayet/

6.3.40

asāraṃ tu niṣpratipattikam upāyayo 'pavāhayet/ anyam avaṣṭabhya//

6.3.41

tad aniṣṭhasevā/ ninditābhyāsaḥ/ oṣṭhanirbhogaḥ/ pādena bhūmer abhighātaḥ/ avijñātaviṣayasya saṃkathā/ tad vijñāteṣv avismayaḥ *kutsā ca/ darpavighātaḥ/ adhikaiḥ saha saṃvāsaḥ/ *anapekṣaṇam/ samānadoṣāṇāṃ nindā/ rahasi cāvasthānam//

1st. Describing the habits and vices of the lover as disagreeable and censurable, with the sneer of the lip, and the stamp of the foot.

2nd. Speaking on a subject with which he is not acquainted.

3rd. Showing no admiration for his learning, and passing a censure upon it.

4th. Putting down his pride.

5th. Seeking the company of men who are superior to him in learning and wisdom.

6th. Showing a disregard for him on all occasions.

7th. Censuring men possessed of the same faults as her lover.

6.3.42

ratopacāreṣūdvegaḥ/ mukhasyādānam/ jaghanasya rakṣaṇam/ nakhadaśanakṣatebhyo jugupsā/ parisvaṅge bhujamayyā sūcyā vyavadhānam/ stabdhatā gātrāṇām/ sakthnor vyatyāsaḥ/ nidrāparatvaṃ ca/ śrāntamupalabhya codanā/ aśaktau hāsaḥ/ śaktāv anabhinandanam/ divāpi/ bhāvam upalabhya mahājanābhigamanam//

8th. Expressing dissatisfaction at the ways and means of enjoyment used by him.

9th. Not giving him her mouth to kiss.

10th. Refusing access to her jaghana, i.e., the part of the body between the navel and the thighs.

11th. Showing a dislike for the wounds made by his nails and teeth.

12th. Not pressing close up against him at the time when he embraces her.

13th. Keeping her limbs without movement at the time of congress.

14th. Desiring him to enjoy her when he is fatigued.

15th. Laughing at his attachment to her.

16th. Not responding to his embraces.

17th. Turning away from him when he begins to embrace her.

18th. Pretending to be sleepy.

19th. Going out visiting, or into company, when she perceives his desire to enjoy her during the day time.

6.3.43

vākyeṣu cchalagrahaṇam/ anarmaṇi hāsaḥ/ narmaṇi cānyam apadiśya hasati vadati tasmin kaṭākṣeṇa parijanasya prekṣaṇaṃ tāḍanaṃ ca/ āhatya cāsya kathām anyāḥ kathāḥ/ tad vyalīkānāṃ vyasanānāṃ cāparihāryāṇām anukīrtanam/ marmaṇāṃ ca ceṭikayopakṣepaṇam/

20th. Misconstruing his words.

21st. Laughing without any joke, or at the time of any joke made by him laughing under some other pretence.

22nd. Looking with side glances at her own attendants, and clapping her hands when he says anything.

23rd. Interrupting him in the middle of his stories, and beginning to tell other stories herself.

24th. Reciting his faults and his vices, and declaring them to be incurable.

25th. Saying words to her female attendants calculated to cut the heart of her lover to the quick.

6.3.44

āgate cādarśanam/ ayācyayācanam/ ante svayaṃ mokṣaś ceti parigrahakasyeti dattakasya// bhavataś cātra ślokau ---

26th. Taking care not to look at him when he comes to her.

27th. Asking from him what cannot be granted.

28th. And, after all, finally dismissing him.

There are also two verses on this subject as follows:

6.3.45

parīkṣya gamyaiḥ saṃyogaḥ saṃyuktasyānurañjanam/
raktād arthasya cādānam ante mokṣaś ca vaiśikam//

"The duty of a courtezan consists in forming connections with suitable men after due and full consideration, and attaching the person with whom she is united to herself; in obtaining wealth from the person who is attached to her, and then dismissing him after she has taken away all his possessions."

6.3.46

evam etena kalpena sthitā veśyā parigrahe/
nātisaṃdhīyate gamyaiḥ karoty arthāṃś ca puṣkalān//

"A courtezan leading in this manner the life of a wife is not troubled with too many lovers, and yet obtains abundance of wealth."