[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) › 6.4.38 # Kamasutra 6.4.38 Kāmasūtra 6.4.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.4.38) anyāṃ bhedayituṃ gamyād anyato gamyam eva vā/ sthitasya copaghātārthaṃ punaḥ saṃdhānam iṣyate// > "Re-union with a former lover may be desirable so as to separate some particular woman from some particular man, or some particular man from some particular woman, or to have a certain effect upon the present lover." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 6.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.4.37) - [Next: 6.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.4.39) - [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.p33) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.38.39) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.4.38) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.4.38) · Pramāṇa