[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) › 6.6.52 # Kamasutra 6.6.52 Kāmasūtra 6.6.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.52) raty arthāḥ puruṣā yena raty arthāś caiva yoṣitaḥ// śāstrasyārthapradhānatvāt tena yogo 'tra yoṣitām// > "Men want pleasure, while women want money, and therefore this Part, which treats of the means of gaining wealth, should be studied." > — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - [Previous: 6.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.51) - [Next: 6.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.53) - [Up: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana~en-burton.6.6.p82) — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Jayamaṅgalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana!jayamangala.40.56) — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana*fezas.6.6.52) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana.6.6.52) · Pramāṇa