[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) › 6.5.36 # Kamasutra 6.5.36 Kāmasūtra 6.5.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.36) pratijñātam īśvareṇa pratigrahaṃ lapsyate adhikaraṇaṃ sthānaṃ vā prāpsyati vṛttikālo 'sya vā āsannaḥ vāhanam asyā gamiṣyati sthalapattraṃ vā sasyam asya pakṣyate kṛtam asmin na naśyati nityam avisaṃvādako vety āyatyām icchet/ parigrahakalpaṃ vācaret// bhavanti cātra ślokāḥ--- > On the other hand, when the courtezan thinks that her lover is about to receive valuable presents; or get a place of authority from the King; or be near the time of inheriting a fortune; or that his ship would soon arrive laden with merchandise; or that he has large stocks of corn and other commodities; or that if anything was done for him it would not be done in vain; or that he is always true to his word; then should she have regard to her future welfare, and live with the man like a wife. > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana > There are also verses on the subject as follows: > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 6.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.35) - [Next: 6.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.37) - [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.p17) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.39.33) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.36) · Pramāṇa