Kamasutra 7.1

7.1

subhagaṃkaraṇaṃ vaśīkaraṇaṃ vṛṣyāś ca yogāḥ

7.1.1

vyākhyātaṃ ca kāmasūtraṃ/

7.1.2

tatroktais tu vidhibhir abhipretam artham anadhigacchan *aupaniṣadikam ācaret/

7.1.3

rūpaṃ guṇo vayas tyāga iti subhagaṃ karaṇam/

7.1.4

tagarakuṣṭhatālīsapatrakānulepanaṃ subhagaṃ karaṇam/

7.1.5

etair eva supiṣṭair vartim ālipyākṣatailena narakapāle sādhitam añjanaṃ ca/

7.1.6

punarnavāsahadevīsārivākuraṇṭotpalapatraiś ca siddhaṃ tailam abhyañjanam/

7.1.7

tad yuktā eva srajaś ca/

7.1.8

padmotpalanāgakesarāṇāṃ śoṣitānāṃ cūrṇaṃ madhughṛtābhyām avalihya subhago bhavati/

7.1.9

tāny eva tagaratālīsatamālapatrayuktāny *anulepanam/

7.1.10

mayūrasyākṣitarakṣor vā suvarṇena^*ālipya dakṣiṇahastena dhārayed iti subhagaṃ karaṇam/

7.1.11

tathā *bādaraṃ maṇiṃ śaṅkhamaṇiṃ ca teṣāṃ [ch inserts, tathaiva teṣu]cātharvaṇān yogān gamayet/

7.1.12

vidyātantrāc ca vidyāyogāt prāptayauvanāṃ paricārikāṃ svāmī saṃvatsaramātram anyato *dhārayet/ tato *dhāritāṃ bālāṃ *matvā lālasībhūteṣu gamyeṣu yo +a*asyāḥ *saṃha(gha)rṣeṇa bahu dadyāt tasmai visṛjed iti saubhāgyavardhanam/

(i) When a female attendant arrives at the age of puberty, her master should keep her secluded, and when men ardently desire her on account of her seclusion, and on account of the difficulty of approaching her, he should then bestow her hand on such a person as may endow her with wealth and happiness.

This is a means of increasing the loveliness of a person in the eyes of others.

7.1.13

gaṇikā prāptayauvanāṃ svāṃ duhitaraṃ tasyā vijñānaśīlarūpānurūpyeṇa tān abhinimantrya sāreṇa yo *+asyai idam idaṃ ca dadyāt sa pāṇiṃ gṛhṇīyād iti *saṃsādhya rakṣayed iti/

In the same way, when the daughter of a courtezan arrives at the age of puberty, the mother should get together a lot of young men of the same age, disposition, and knowledge as her daughter, and tell them that she would give her in marriage to the person who would give her presents of a particular kind.

7.1.14

sā ca māturaviditā nāma nāgarikaputrair dhanibhir atyarthaṃ prīyeta/

7.1.15

teṣāṃ kalāgrahaṇe gandharvaśālāyāṃ bhikṣukībhavane tatra tatra ca saṃdarśanayogāḥ/

7.1.16

teṣāṃ yathoktadāyināṃ mātā pāṇiṃ grāhayet/

After this the daughter should be kept in seclusion as far as possible, and the mother should give her in marriage to the man who may be ready to give her the presents agreed upon. If the mother is unable to get so much out of the man, she should show some of her own things as having been given to the daughter by the bridegroom.

7.1.17

*tat tāvad artham alabhamānā tu svenāpy ekadeśena *duhitre etad dattam aneneti khyāpayet/

7.1.19

pracchannaṃ vā taiḥ saṃyojya svayam ajānatī bhūtvā tato viditeṣv *evaṃ dharmastheṣu nivedayet/

Or, the mother may allow her daughter to be married to the man privately, as if she was ignorant of the whole affair, and then pretending that it has come to her knowledge, she may give her consent to the union.

7.1.20

sakhyaiva tu dāsyā vā mocitakanyā^*bhāvām upagṛhītakāmasūtrām ābhyāsikeṣu yogeṣu pratiṣṭhitāṃ pratiṣṭhitevayasi saubhāgye ca duhitaram avasṛjanti gaṇikā iti *prāpyopacārāḥ/

When the daughter of a courtezan is thus given to a man, the ties of marriage should be observed for one year, and after that she may do what she likes. But even after the end of the year, when otherwise engaged, if she should be now and then invited by her first husband to come and see him, she should put aside her present gain, and go to him for the night.

7.1.21

pāṇigrahaś ca saṃvatsaram avyabhicāryas tato yathā kāminī syāt/

7.1.22

ūrdhvam api saṃvatsarāt pariṇītena nimantryamāṇā lābham apy utsṛjya tāṃ rātriṃ tasyāgacched iti veśyāyāḥ *pāṇigrahaṇavidhiḥ saubhāgyavardhanaṃ ca/

Such is the mode of temporary marriage among courtezans, and of increasing their loveliness, and their value in the eyes of others. What has been said about them should also be understood to apply to the daughters of dancing women, whose mothers should give them only to such persons as are likely to become useful to them in various ways.

7.1.23

etena raṅgopajīvināṃ kanyā vyākhyātāḥ/

7.1.24

tasmai tu tāṃ dadyur ya eṣāṃ *tūryaviśiṣṭam upakuryāt/ iti subhagaṃ karaṇam/ (ekonaṣaṣṭitamaṃ prakaraṇam//)

Thus end the ways of making oneself lovely in the eyes of others.

7.1.25

dhattūrakamaricapippalīcūrṇair madhumiśrair liptaliṅgasya *prayogo vaśīkaraṇam/

(a) If a man, after anointing his lingam with a mixture of the powders of the white thorn apple, the long pepper, and the black pepper, and honey, engages in sexual union with a woman, he makes her subject to his will.

7.1.26

vātodbhāntapatraṃ mṛtakanirmālyaṃ mayūrāsthicūrṇāvacūrṇaṃ vaśīkaraṇam/

(b) The application of a mixture of the leaf of the plant vatodbhranta, of the flowers thrown on a human corpse when carried out to be burnt, and of the powder of the bones of the peacock, and of the jiwanjiva bird produces the same effect.

7.1.27

svayaṃ mṛtāyā maṇḍalakārikāyāś cūrṇaṃ madhusaṃyuktaṃ sahāmalakaiḥ snānaṃ vaśīkaraṇam/

(c) The remains of a kite which has died a natural death, ground into powder, and mixed with cowach and honey, has also the same effect.

(d) Anointing oneself with an ointment made of the plant emblica myrabolans has the power of subjecting women to one's will.

7.1.28

vajrasnuhīgaṇḍakāni khaṇḍaśaḥ kṛtāni manaḥśilāgandhapāṣāṇacūrṇenābhyajya saptakṛtvaḥ śoṣitāni cūrṇayitvā madhunā liptaliṅgasya saṃprayogo vaśīkaraṇam/

(e) If a man cuts into small pieces the sprouts of the vajnasunhi plant, and dips them into a mixture of red arsenic and sulphur, and then dries them seven times, and applies this powder mixed with honey to his lingam, he can subjugate a woman to his will directly that he has had sexual union with her, or, if, by burning these very sprouts at night and looking at the smoke, he sees a golden moon behind, he will then be successful with any woman; or if he throws some of the powder of these same sprouts mixed with the excrement of a monkey upon a maiden, she will not be given in marriage to any body else.

7.1.29

etenaiva rātrau dhūmaṃ kṛtvā tad dhūmatiraskṛtaṃ sauvarṇaṃ candramasaṃ darśayati/

7.1.30

etair eva cūrṇitair vānarapurīṣamiśritair yāṃ kanyām avakiret sānyasmai na dīyate/

7.1.31

vacāgaṇḍakāni sahakāratailaliptāni śiṃśapāvṛkṣaskandham utkīrya [ch inserts, ṣaṇmāsaṃ] nidadhyāt/ [ch inserts, tataḥ] ṣaḍbhir māsair apanītāni devakāntam anulepanaṃ vaśīkaraṇaṃ cety ācakṣate/

(f) If pieces of the arris root are dressed with the oil of the mango, and placed for six months in a hole made in the trunk of the sisu tree, and are then taken out and made up into an ointment, and applied to the lingam, this is said to serve as the means of subjugating women.

7.1.32

tathā khadirasārajāni śakalāni tanūni yaṃ vṛkṣam utkīrya [ch inserts, ṣaṇmāsaṃ] nidadhyāt tat puṣpagandhāni bhavanti/ gandharvakāntam anulepanaṃ vaśīkaraṇaṃ cety ācakṣate

7.1.33

priyaṃgavas tagaramiśrāḥ sahakāratailadigdhā *nāgakesaravṛkṣam utkīrya *ṣaṇmāsanihitā nāgakāntam anulepanaṃ vaśīkaraṇam ity ācakṣate/

7.1.34

*uṣṭrasyāsthi bhṛṅgarājarasena bhāvitaṃ dagdham *añjanam uṣṭrāsthy *añjanikāyāṃ nihitam uṣṭrāsthiśalākayaiva sroto 'ñjanasahitaṃ puṇyaṃ cakṣuṣyaṃ vaśīkaraṇaṃ cety ācakṣate/

(g) If the bone of a camel is dipped into the juice of the plant eclipta prostata, and then burnt, and the black pigment produced from its ashes is placed in a box also made of the bone of a camel, and applied together with antimony to the eye lashes with a pencil also made of the bone of a camel, then that pigment is said to be very pure, and wholesome for the eyes, and serves as a means of subjugating others to the person who uses it. The same effect can be produced by black pigment made of the bones of hawks, vultures, and peacocks.

7.1.35

etena śyenabhāsamayūrāsthimayāny añjanāni vyākhātāni/ (iti vaśīkaraṇam/ ṣaṣṭitamaṃ prakaraṇam//)

Thus end the ways of subjugating others to one's own will.

7.1.36

uccaṭākandaś *ca yaṣṭīmadhukaṃ ca saśarkareṇa payasā pītvā *vṛṣo bhavati/

(a) A man obtains sexual vigor by drinking milk mixed with sugar, the root of the uchchata plant, the piper chaba, and liquorice.

7.1.37

meṣa^*bastamuṣkasiddhasya payasaḥ saśarkarasya pānaṃ vṛṣatvayogaḥ/

(b) Drinking milk mixed with sugar, and having the testicle of a ram or a goat boiled in it, is also productive of vigor.

7.1.38

tathā vidāryāḥ kṣīrikāyāḥ *svayaṃguptāyāś ca kṣīreṇa pānam/

(c) The drinking of the juice of the hedysarum gangeticum, the kuili, and the kshirika plant mixed with milk, produces the same effect.

7.1.39

tathā *piyālabījānāṃ moraṭā^*kṣīra[ch omits]^vidāryoś ca kṣīreṇaiva/

(d) The seed of the long pepper along with the seeds of the sanseviera roxburghiana, and the hedysarum gangeticum plant, all pounded together, and mixed with milk, is productive of a similar result.

7.1.40

śṛṅgāṭakakaseru^*madhūkāni kṣīrakākolyā saha piṣṭāni saśarkareṇa payasā ghṛtena mandāgninotkarikāṃ paktvā yāvad arthaṃ bhakṣitavān anantāḥ striyo gacchatīty *ācakṣate/

(e) According to ancient authors, if a man pounds the seeds or roots of the trapa bispinosa, the kasurika, the tuscan jasmine, and liquorice, together with the kshirakapoli (a kind of onion), and puts the powder into milk mixed with sugar and ghee, and having boiled the whole mixture on a moderate fire, drinks the paste so formed, he will be able to enjoy innumerable women.

7.1.41

māṣakamalinīṃ payasā dhautām uṣṇena ghṛtena mṛdūkṛtyoddhṛtāṃ vṛddhavatsāyāḥ goḥ payaḥ siddhaṃ pāyasaṃ madhusarpirbhyām aśitvā^+anantāḥ striyo gacchatīty *ācakṣate/

7.1.42

vidārī svayaṃguptā śarkarāmadhusarpirbhyāṃ godhūmacūrṇena polikāṃ kṛtvā yāvad arthaṃ bhakṣitavān anantāḥ striyo gacchatīty *ācakṣate/

7.1.43

caṭakāṇḍarasabhāvitais taṇḍulaiḥ pāyasaṃ siddhaṃ madhusarpirbhyāṃ plāvitaṃ yāvad artham iti samānaṃ pūrveṇa/

(f) In the same way, if a man mixes rice with the eggs of the sparrow, and having boiled this in milk, adds to it ghee and honey, and drinks as much of it as is necessary, this will produce the same effect.

7.1.44

caṭakāṇḍarasabhāvitān apagatatvacas tilān śṛṅgāṭakakaserukasvayaṃguptāphalāni godhūmamāṣacūrṇaiḥ saśarkareṇa payasā sarpiṣā ca pakvaṃ *pāyasaṃ yāvad arthaṃ *prāśitam iti samānaṃ pūrveṇa/

(g) If a man takes the outer covering of sesamum seeds, and soaks them with the eggs of sparrows, and then, having boiled them in milk, mixed with sugar and ghee, along with the fruits of the trapa bispinosa and the kasurika plant, and adding to it the flour of wheat and beans, and then drinks this composition, he is said to be able to enjoy many women.

7.1.45

sarpiṣo madhunaḥ śarkarāyā madhukasya ca dve dve pale madhurasāyāḥ karṣaḥ prasthaṃ payasa iti ṣaḍ aṅgam amṛtaṃ medhyaṃ vṛṣyam āyuṣyaṃ yuktarasam ity *ācakṣate/

(h) If ghee, honey, sugar and liquorice in equal quantities, the juice of the fennel plant, and milk are mixed together, this nectar-like composition is said to be holy, and provocative of sexual vigor, a preservative of life, and sweet to the taste.

7.1.46

śatāvarīśvadaṃṣṭrāguḍakaṣāye pippalīmadhukalke gokṣīracchāgaghṛte pakve tasya puṣpārambheṇānvahaṃ prāśanaṃ medhyaṃ vṛṣyam āyuṣyaṃ yuktarasam ity *ācakṣate/

(i) The drinking of a paste composed of the asparagus racemosus, the shvadaushtra plant, the guduchi plant, the long pepper, and liquorice, boiled in milk, honey, and ghee, in the spring, is said to have the same effect as the above.

7.1.47

śatāvaryāḥ śvadaṃṣṭrāyāḥ śrīparṇīphalānāṃ ca kṣuṇṇānāṃ catur^*guṇe jale pāka ā prakṛty avasthānāt/ tasya *puṣpārambheṇa prātaḥ prāśanaṃ medhyaṃ vṛṣyam āyuṣyaṃ yuktarasam ity *ācakṣate/

(j) Boiling the asparagus racemosus, and the shvadaushtra plant, along with the pounded fruits of the premna spinosa in water, and drinking the same, is said to act in the same way.

(k) Drinking boiled ghee, or clarified butter, in the morning during the spring season, is said to be beneficial to health and strength, and agreeable to the taste.

7.1.48

śvadaṃṣṭrācūrṇasamanvitaṃ tat samam eva yavacūrṇaṃ prātar utthāya dvi^*palikam anudinaṃ prāśnīyān medhyaṃ vṛṣyam *āyuṣyaṃ[ch omits] yuktarasam ity *ācakṣate/ (iti vṛṣyāyogāḥ/ ekaṣaṣṭitamaṃ prakaraṇam//)

(l) If the powder of the seed of the shvadaushtra plant and the flower of barley are mixed together in equal parts, and a portion of it i.e., two palas in weight, is eaten every morning on getting up, it has the same effect as the preceding recipe.

7.1.49

āyurvedāc ca vedāc ca vidyātantrebhya eva ca/
āptebhyaś cāvaboddhavyā yogā ye prītikārakāḥ//

"The means of producing love and sexual vigor should be learnt from the science of medicine, from the Vedas, from those who are learned in the arts of magic, and from confidential relatives. No means should be tried which are doubtful in their effects, which are likely to cause injury to the body, which involve the death of animals, and which bring us in contact with impure things. Such means should only be used as are holy, acknowledged to be good, and approved of by Brahmans and friends."

7.1.50

na prayuñjīta saṃdigdhān na śarīrātyayāvahān/
na jīvaghātasaṃbaddhān nāśucidravyasaṃyutān//

7.1.51

*tathā yuktān prayuñjīta śiṣṭair *api na ninditān/
brāhmaṇaiś ca suhṛdbhiś ca maṅgalair abhinanditān//