Kamasutra

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बालां वा परिचारिकामदोषज्ञामदुष्टेनोपायेन प्रहिणुयात् । तत्र स्त्रजि कर्णपत्त्रे वा गूढलेखनिधानं नखदशनपदं वा सा मूकदूती । तस्यास्तयैव प्रत्युत्तरप्रार्थनम् ।। ६१ ।।

sanskrit

In order to send garlands of flowers, earrings wrapped in a secret message, marked with the print of his nails and teeth, he employs a very young maidservant, who sees nothing wrong in these dishonest enterprises. She is the mute messenger [mukaduti] through whose intervention he seeks to obtain an answer.

english translation

hindi translation

bAlAM vA paricArikAmadoSajJAmaduSTenopAyena prahiNuyAt | tatra straji karNapattre vA gUDhalekhanidhAnaM nakhadazanapadaM vA sA mUkadUtI | tasyAstayaiva pratyuttaraprArthanam || 61 ||

hk transliteration

पूर्वप्रस्तुतार्थलिङ्गसम्बद्धमन्यजनाग्रहणीयं लौकिकार्थं द्वयर्थ वा वचनमुदासीना या श्रावयेत् सा वातदूती तस्या अपि तथैव प्रत्युत्तरप्रार्थनमिति तासां विशेषः ।। ६२ ।।

sanskrit

He utilizes a vataduti [a messenger as elusive as the wind]. She transmits the messages in an established, agreed-upon language, which they have prepared in advance and which cannot be understood by others, or else by using words with double meanings, or foreign words. She is known as the messenger as elusive as the wind. In the same way, she transmits the reply: that is her role.

english translation

hindi translation

pUrvaprastutArthaliGgasambaddhamanyajanAgrahaNIyaM laukikArthaM dvayartha vA vacanamudAsInA yA zrAvayet sA vAtadUtI tasyA api tathaiva pratyuttaraprArthanamiti tAsAM vizeSaH || 62 ||

hk transliteration

भवन्ति चात्र श्लोकाः- विधवेक्षणिका दासी भिक्षुकी शिल्पकारिका । प्रविशत्याशु विश्वासं दूतीकार्य च बिन्दति ॥ ६३ ॥

sanskrit

On this subject, here is a verse: "Widows, fortunetellers, slaves, beggars, worker women who frequent the house and whom one trusts, can easily carry out the messenger's task."

english translation

hindi translation

bhavanti cAtra zlokAH- vidhavekSaNikA dAsI bhikSukI zilpakArikA | pravizatyAzu vizvAsaM dUtIkArya ca bindati || 63 ||

hk transliteration

संक्षेपेण दूतीकर्माण्याह- विद्वेषं ग्राहयेत् पत्यौ रमणीयानि वर्णयेत्। चित्रान् सुरतसम्भोगानन्यासामपि दर्शयेत् ॥ ६४ ॥

sanskrit

The messenger's role is briefly described: She creates hostility toward the husband, she praises the woman's charms, and shows her and the other women obscene paintings.

english translation

hindi translation

saMkSepeNa dUtIkarmANyAha- vidveSaM grAhayet patyau ramaNIyAni varNayet| citrAn suratasambhogAnanyAsAmapi darzayet || 64 ||

hk transliteration

नायकस्यानुरागं च पुनश्च रतिकौशलम् । प्रार्थनां चाधिकस्त्रीभिरवष्टम्भं च वर्णयेत् ।। ६५ ।।

sanskrit

She describes the hero's passion, his skill in sexual practices. She exaggerates his successes with women and his wealth.

english translation

hindi translation

nAyakasyAnurAgaM ca punazca ratikauzalam | prArthanAM cAdhikastrIbhiravaSTambhaM ca varNayet || 65 ||

hk transliteration