[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) › 6.4.12 # Kamasutra 6.4.12 Kāmasūtra 6.4.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.4.12) niḥsāratayā kadaryatayā vā tyakto na śreyān// > (2) As regards the man who may have been driven away from both women, if he has been driven away from the last one because the woman could get more money from some other man, then he should be resorted to, for if attached to the first woman he would give her more money through vanity and emulation to spite the other woman. But if he has been driven away by the woman on account of his poverty, or stinginess, he should not then be resorted to. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 6.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.4.11) - [Next: 6.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.4.13) - [Up: 6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.6.4.p11) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.38.12) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.4.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.4.12) · Pramāṇa