[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) › 6.5.34 # Kamasutra 6.5.34 Kāmasūtra 6.5.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.34) āyaty arthinī tu tam āśritya cānarthaṃ praticikīrṣantī naiva pratigṛhṇīyāt// > When a courtezan wants to keep some particular man from some other woman; or wishes to get him away from some woman to whom he may be attached; or to deprive some woman of the gains realized by her from him; or if she thinks that she would raise her position; or enjoy some great good fortune; or become desirable to all men by uniting herself with this man; or if she wishes to get his assistance in averting some misfortune; or is really attached to him and loves him or wishes to injure somebody through his means; or has regard to some former favor conferred upon her by him; or wishes to be united with him merely from desire; for any of the above reasons, she should agree to take from him only a small sum of money in a friendly way. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 6.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.33) - [Next: 6.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.35) - [Up: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.6.5.p15) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.5.34) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.34) · Pramāṇa