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Astanga Hrudaya

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द्रव्यैरेवं विधैस्तस्माद्दर्पितः प्रमदां व्रजेत् । आत्मवेगेन चोदीर्णः स्त्रीगुणैश्च प्रहर्षितः ॥ ३६ ॥

Fortified by substances of these properties, stimulated by his own urge and getting satisfied with the feminine qualities, the man should copulate with the woman.

english translation

सेव्याः सर्वेन्द्रियसुखा धर्मकल्पद्रुमाङ्कुराः । विषयातिशयाः पञ्च शराः कुसुमधन्वनः ॥ ३७ ॥

All the (five) sensory pleasures should be enjoyed to the maximum for the pleasure of the sense organs; they are the sprouts of kalpa vriksha (tree that makes us realize our wish) called dharma (righteousness) and the five arrows of the cupid.

english translation

इष्टा ह्येकैकशोऽप्यर्था हर्षप्रीतिकराः परम् । किं पुनः स्त्रीशरीरे ये सङ्घातेन प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥ ३८ ॥

Each one of the objects of the sense organs yields happiness and love, what to say when all of them togetherly present in the body of women.

english translation

नामापि यस्या हृदयोत्सवाय यां पश्यतां तृप्तिरनाप्तपूर्वा । सर्वेन्द्रियाकर्षणपाशभूता कान्तानुवृत्तिव्रतदीक्षिता या ॥ ३९ ॥

The very hearing of her name is gladdening to the heart (mind), her sight is satisfying as never before, she is the thread of attraction of all the sense organs, who considers it her duty to follow her husband,

english translation

कलाविलासाङ्गवयोविभूषा शुचिः सलज्जा रहसि प्रगल्भा । प्रियंवदा तुल्यमनःशया या सा स्त्री वृष्यत्वाय परं नरस्य ॥ ४० ॥

who is adorned with the knowledge of fine arts, beautiful body and young age, who is clean, bashful, skilled in sex, who speaks lovingly and equals the mind born God (cupid); such a woman is the best aphrodisiac for man.

english translation