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सहायगम्यागम्यगमनकारणचिन्ताप्रकरणम्
Advice of the Assistants on the choice of Lovers
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कान्तानुवृत्तप्रकरणम्
Looking for a steady Lover
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अर्थागमोपायप्रकरणम्
Ways of Making Money
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विशीर्णप्रतिसन्धानप्रकरणम्
Friendship with a former Lover
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लाभविशेषप्रकरणम्
Occasional Profits
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अर्थानर्थानुबन्धसंशयविचारप्रकरणम्
Profits and Losses
Progress:7.2%
उपमन्त्रितापि गम्येन सहसा न प्रतिजानीयात् । पुरुषाणां सुलभावमानित्वात् ॥ २१ ॥
sanskrit
When you are propositioned, you must never accept at once. Men have no esteem for easy women.
english translation
hindi translation
upamantritApi gamyena sahasA na pratijAnIyAt | puruSANAM sulabhAvamAnitvAt || 21 ||
hk transliteration
भावजिज्ञासार्थं परिचारकमुखान् संवाहकगायनवैहासिकान् गम्ये तद्भाक्तन् वा प्रणिदध्यात् ॥ २२ ॥
sanskrit
In order to know whether a suitor deserves her to sleep with him and to know his state of mind, she employs servants, the hairdresser who washes his hair, a musician, an entertainer.
english translation
hindi translation
bhAvajijJAsArthaM paricArakamukhAn saMvAhakagAyanavaihAsikAn gamye tadbhAktan vA praNidadhyAt || 22 ||
hk transliteration
तदभावे पीठमर्दादीन् । तेभ्यो नायकस्य शौचाशीचं रागापरागी सक्तासक्ततां दानादाने च विद्यात् ॥ २३ ॥
sanskrit
In their absence, she entrusts the task to her secretary or others, to find out whether the suitor is clean or dirty, passionate or not, amorous or indifferent, generous or not.
english translation
hindi translation
tadabhAve pIThamardAdIn | tebhyo nAyakasya zaucAzIcaM rAgAparAgI saktAsaktatAM dAnAdAne ca vidyAt || 23 ||
hk transliteration
सम्भावितेन च सह विटपुरोगां प्रीतिं योजयेत् ॥ २४ ॥
sanskrit
If possible, she arranges for him to make love with a gigolo.
english translation
hindi translation
sambhAvitena ca saha viTapurogAM prItiM yojayet || 24 ||
hk transliteration
लावककुक्कुटमेषयुद्धशुकशारिकाप्रलापनप्रेक्षणककलाव्यपदेशेन पीठमर्दों नायकं तस्या उदवसितमानयेत् ॥ २५ ॥
sanskrit
The pithamarda, the courtesan's secretary, leads her to the candidate's house, on the pretext of seeing a fight between quails, cocks, or rams, to listen to mynahs or parrots talking, or to attend some artistic show.
english translation
hindi translation
lAvakakukkuTameSayuddhazukazArikApralApanaprekSaNakakalAvyapadezena pIThamardoM nAyakaM tasyA udavasitamAnayet || 25 ||
hk transliteration
Kamasutra
Progress:7.2%
उपमन्त्रितापि गम्येन सहसा न प्रतिजानीयात् । पुरुषाणां सुलभावमानित्वात् ॥ २१ ॥
sanskrit
When you are propositioned, you must never accept at once. Men have no esteem for easy women.
english translation
hindi translation
upamantritApi gamyena sahasA na pratijAnIyAt | puruSANAM sulabhAvamAnitvAt || 21 ||
hk transliteration
भावजिज्ञासार्थं परिचारकमुखान् संवाहकगायनवैहासिकान् गम्ये तद्भाक्तन् वा प्रणिदध्यात् ॥ २२ ॥
sanskrit
In order to know whether a suitor deserves her to sleep with him and to know his state of mind, she employs servants, the hairdresser who washes his hair, a musician, an entertainer.
english translation
hindi translation
bhAvajijJAsArthaM paricArakamukhAn saMvAhakagAyanavaihAsikAn gamye tadbhAktan vA praNidadhyAt || 22 ||
hk transliteration
तदभावे पीठमर्दादीन् । तेभ्यो नायकस्य शौचाशीचं रागापरागी सक्तासक्ततां दानादाने च विद्यात् ॥ २३ ॥
sanskrit
In their absence, she entrusts the task to her secretary or others, to find out whether the suitor is clean or dirty, passionate or not, amorous or indifferent, generous or not.
english translation
hindi translation
tadabhAve pIThamardAdIn | tebhyo nAyakasya zaucAzIcaM rAgAparAgI saktAsaktatAM dAnAdAne ca vidyAt || 23 ||
hk transliteration
सम्भावितेन च सह विटपुरोगां प्रीतिं योजयेत् ॥ २४ ॥
sanskrit
If possible, she arranges for him to make love with a gigolo.
english translation
hindi translation
sambhAvitena ca saha viTapurogAM prItiM yojayet || 24 ||
hk transliteration
लावककुक्कुटमेषयुद्धशुकशारिकाप्रलापनप्रेक्षणककलाव्यपदेशेन पीठमर्दों नायकं तस्या उदवसितमानयेत् ॥ २५ ॥
sanskrit
The pithamarda, the courtesan's secretary, leads her to the candidate's house, on the pretext of seeing a fight between quails, cocks, or rams, to listen to mynahs or parrots talking, or to attend some artistic show.
english translation
hindi translation
lAvakakukkuTameSayuddhazukazArikApralApanaprekSaNakakalAvyapadezena pIThamardoM nAyakaM tasyA udavasitamAnayet || 25 ||
hk transliteration