[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) › 6.3.39 # Kamasutra 6.3.39 Kāmasūtra 6.3.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3.39) saktaṃ tu pūrvopakāriṇam apy alpaphalaṃ vyalīkenānupālayet/ > 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. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 6.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3.38) - [Next: 6.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3.40) - [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.p44) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.37.39) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.3.39) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.3.39) · Pramāṇa