[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) › 6.5.37 # Kamasutra 6.5.37 Kāmasūtra 6.5.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.37) kṛcchrādhigatavittāṃś ca rājavallabhaniṣṭhurān/ āyātyāṃ ca tadātve ca dūrād eva vivarjayet// > "In considering her present gains, and her future welfare, a courtezan should avoid such persons as have gained their means of subsistence with very great difficulty, as also those who have become selfish and hard-hearted by becoming the favorites of Kings." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 6.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.36) - [Next: 6.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.38) - [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.p19) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.39.34) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.5.37) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.5.37) · Pramāṇa