Kamasutra

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नित्यं स्नानम्। द्वितीयकमुत्सादनम्। तृतीयकः फेनकः । चतुर्थकमायुष्यम् । पञ्चमकं दशमकं वा प्रत्यायुष्यमित्यहीनम् । सातत्याच्य संवृतकक्षास्वेदापनोदः ॥ ६ ॥

sanskrit

He must bathe every day, have a massage every two days, soap himself every three days. Every four days, he must trim his beard and moustache, on the fifth or tenth day shave his pubic hair and armpits and, always, scent himself to disguise the smell of sweat from the armpits and be pleasant to contact.

english translation

hindi translation

nityaM snAnam| dvitIyakamutsAdanam| tRtIyakaH phenakaH | caturthakamAyuSyam | paJcamakaM dazamakaM vA pratyAyuSyamityahInam | sAtatyAcya saMvRtakakSAsvedApanodaH || 6 ||

hk transliteration

पूर्वाह्नापराह्नयोर्भोजनम्। सायं चारायणस्य ॥ ७ ॥

sanskrit

Two main meals should be taken each day, in the morning and in the evening before nightfall.

english translation

hindi translation

pUrvAhnAparAhnayorbhojanam| sAyaM cArAyaNasya || 7 ||

hk transliteration

भोजनानन्तरं शुकसारिकाप्रलापनव्यापाराः । लावककुक्कुटमेषयुद्धानि तास्ताश्च कलाक्रीडाः । पीठमर्दविटविदूषकायत्ता व्यापाराः । दिवाशय्या च ॥ ८ ॥

sanskrit

After meals, quiet amusements are necessary, such as teaching mynah birds and parrots to talk, watching partridges, cocks, or rams fighting, and playing all kinds of games, subsequently conversing with the manager [pithamarda], one's comrade in pleasure [vita], and the facetious secretary, before having one's siesta.

english translation

hindi translation

bhojanAnantaraM zukasArikApralApanavyApArAH | lAvakakukkuTameSayuddhAni tAstAzca kalAkrIDAH | pIThamardaviTavidUSakAyattA vyApArAH | divAzayyA ca || 8 ||

hk transliteration

गृहीतप्रसाधनस्यापराह्णे गोष्ठीविहाराः ॥ ९ ॥

sanskrit

The reception hall [goshthi] is located next to the living quarters.

english translation

hindi translation

gRhItaprasAdhanasyAparAhNe goSThIvihArAH || 9 ||

hk transliteration

प्रदोषे च सङ्गीतकानि। तदन्ते च प्रसाधिते वासगृहे सञ्चारितसुरभिधूपे ससहायस्य शय्यायामभिसारिकाणां प्रतीक्षणम् ॥ १० ॥

sanskrit

In the evening, having listened to music, he returns with some friends to his dwelling where, with wine and incense, he awaits the arrival of the women invited for the night.

english translation

hindi translation

pradoSe ca saGgItakAni| tadante ca prasAdhite vAsagRhe saJcAritasurabhidhUpe sasahAyasya zayyAyAmabhisArikANAM pratIkSaNam || 10 ||

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