[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) › 6.3.17 # Kamasutra 6.3.17 Kāmasūtra 6.3.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3.17) gṛhakarma/ sakhyāḥ putrasyotsañjanam dohado vyādhir mitrasya duḥkhāpanayanam iti/ > 15th. Performing household rites. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > 16th. Having to pay the expenses of the ceremony of marriage of the son of a female friend. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > 17th. Having to satisfy curious wishes during her state of pregnancy. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > 18th. Pretending to be ill, and charging her cost of treatment. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > 19th. Having to remove the troubles of a friend. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 6.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3.16) - [Next: 6.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3.18) - [Up: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.6.3.p19) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.37.17) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.3.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3.17) · Pramāṇa