Kamasutra

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एतेन प्रदेशेन मध्यमाधमानामपि लाभातिशयान् सर्वासामेव योजयेदित्याचार्याः ।। ३१ ।।

sanskrit

According to the masters, prostitutes of middle and low class also make considerable profits.

english translation

hindi translation

etena pradezena madhyamAdhamAnAmapi lAbhAtizayAn sarvAsAmeva yojayedityAcAryAH || 31 ||

hk transliteration

देशकालविभवसामर्थ्यानुरागलोकप्रवृत्तिवशादनियतलाभादियमवृत्तिरिति वात्स्यायनः ।। ३२ ॥

sanskrit

Vatsyayana explains that the profits and remuneration given are determined according to place, times, living standards, ability, eroticism, and customs.

english translation

hindi translation

dezakAlavibhavasAmarthyAnurAgalokapravRttivazAdaniyatalAbhAdiyamavRttiriti vAtsyAyanaH || 32 ||

hk transliteration

गम्यमन्यतो निवारयितुकामा सक्तमन्यस्यामपहर्तुकामा वा अन्यां वा लाभतो विषुयुक्षमाणागम्यसंसर्गादात्मनः स्थानं वृद्धिमायतिमभिगम्यतां च मन्यमाना अनर्थप्रकारे वा साहाय्यमेनं कारयितुकामा सक्तस्य वान्यस्य व्यलीकार्थिनी पूर्वोपकारमकृतमिव पश्यन्ती केवलप्रीत्यर्धिनी वा कल्याणबुद्धेरल्पमपि लाभं प्रतिगृह्णीयात् ॥ ३३ ॥

sanskrit

A courtesan may even accept to have intercourse for very little money, if it is a question of taking another girl's lover, preventing him from setting up house with her, stealing the permanent lover of another or appropriating another's profits, separating her from a potential lover by appropriating him, widening her relations through her amorous contacts, or else, to have his assistance in the spiteful actions she has in mind, to induce another's steady lover to behave badly: considering everything he has done for her in the past, the courtesan willingly accepts him for a small sum.

english translation

hindi translation

gamyamanyato nivArayitukAmA saktamanyasyAmapahartukAmA vA anyAM vA lAbhato viSuyukSamANAgamyasaMsargAdAtmanaH sthAnaM vRddhimAyatimabhigamyatAM ca manyamAnA anarthaprakAre vA sAhAyyamenaM kArayitukAmA saktasya vAnyasya vyalIkArthinI pUrvopakAramakRtamiva pazyantI kevalaprItyardhinI vA kalyANabuddheralpamapi lAbhaM pratigRhNIyAt || 33 ||

hk transliteration

आयत्यर्धिनी तु तमाश्रित्य चानर्थं प्रतिचिकीर्षन्ती नैव प्रतिगृह्णीयात् ॥ ३४ ॥

sanskrit

Her protector has no money, but is expecting considerable funds. To safeguard the future, she takes nothing from him.

english translation

hindi translation

AyatyardhinI tu tamAzritya cAnarthaM praticikIrSantI naiva pratigRhNIyAt || 34 ||

hk transliteration

त्यक्ष्याम्येनमन्यतः प्रतिसन्धास्यामि, गमिष्यति दारैर्योक्ष्यते नाशयिष्यत्यनर्थान्, अङ्कुशभूत उत्तराध्यक्षोऽस्यागमिष्यति स्वामी पिता वा, स्थानभ्रंशो वास्य भविष्यति चलचित्तश्चेति मन्यमाना तदात्वे तस्माल्लाभमिच्छेत् ॥ ३५ ॥

sanskrit

On leaving this man, I shall find another with whom I can have a serious attachment; going back to his wife, that man will leave me in poverty; another is under the thumb of his master, or father, etc.; or his position is threatened; or he is unstable: in all these cases, she must take in advance the remuneration given on account.

english translation

hindi translation

tyakSyAmyenamanyataH pratisandhAsyAmi, gamiSyati dArairyokSyate nAzayiSyatyanarthAn, aGkuzabhUta uttarAdhyakSo'syAgamiSyati svAmI pitA vA, sthAnabhraMzo vAsya bhaviSyati calacittazceti manyamAnA tadAtve tasmAllAbhamicchet || 35 ||

hk transliteration