Kāmasūtra · Chapter 5.2

yathā kanyā svayam abhi-yoga-sādhyā na tathā dūtyā. para-striyas tu sūkṣma-bhāvā dūtī-sādhyā na tathātmanety ācāryāḥ.

sarvatra śakti-viṣaye svayaṃ sādhanam upapannatarakaṃ dur:upapādatvāt tasya dūtī-prayoga iti vātsyāyanaḥ.

prathama-sāhasā a:niyantraṇa-saṃbhāṣāś ca svayaṃ pratāryāḥ. tad-viparītāś((137)) ca dūtyeti prāyo-vādaḥ.

svayam abhiyokṣyamāṇas tv ādāv eva paricayaṃ kuryāt.

tasyāḥ svābhāvikaṃ darśanaṃ prāyatnikaṃ ca.

svābhāvikam ātmano bhavana-saṃnikarṣe prāyatnikaṃ mitra-jñāti-mahāmātra-vaidya-bhavana- saṃnikarṣe vivāha-yajñotsava-vyasanodyāna-gamanādiṣu.

darśane cāsyāḥ satataṃ sākāraṃ prekṣaṇaṃ keśa-saṃyamanaṃ nakhācchuraṇam ābharaṇa-prahlādanam adharauṣṭha-vimardanaṃ tās tāś ca līlā vayasyaiḥ saha prekṣamāṇāyās tat-saṃbaddhāḥ parāpadeśinyaś ca kathās tyāgopabhoga-prakāśanaṃ sakhyur utsaṅga-niṣaṇṇasya sāṅa-bhaṅgaṃ jṛmbhaṇam eka-bhrū-kṣepaṇaṃ manda-vākyatā tad-vākya-śravaṇaṃ tām uddiśya bālenānya-janena vā sahānyopadiṣṭā vyarthā kathā tasyāṃ svayaṃ manorathāvedanam anyāpadeśena tām evoddiśya bāla-cumbanam āliṅganaṃ ca jihvayā cāsya tāmbūla-dānaṃ pradeśinyā hanu-deśa-ghaṭṭanaṃ tat tad-yathā- yogaṃ yathāvakāśaṃ ca prayoktavyam.

tasyāś cāṅka-gatasya bālasya lālanaṃ bāla-krīḍanakānāṃ cāsya dānaṃ grahaṇaṃ tena saṃnikṛṣṭatvāt kathā-yojanaṃ tat-saṃbhāṣaṇa-kṣameṇa janena ca prītim āsādya kāryaṃ tad-anubandhaṃ ca gamanāgamanasya yojanaṃ saṃśraye cāsyās tām a:paśyato nāma kāma-sūtra-saṃkathā.

prasṛte tu paricaye tasyā haste nyāsaṃ nikṣepaṃ ca nidadhyāt. tat prati-dinaṃ prati-kṣaṇaṃ caikadeśato gṛhṇīyāt. saugandhikaṃ pūga-phalāni ca.

tām ātmano dāraiḥ saha visrambha-goṣṭhyāṃ viviktāsane ca yojayet.

nitya-darśanārthaṃ viśvāsanārthaṃ ca..5.2.12 suvarṇakāra-maṇikāra-vaikaṭika-nīlī-kusumbha-rañjakādiṣu ca kāmārthinyāṃ sahātmano vaśyaiś caiṣāṃ tat-saṃpādane svayaṃ prayateta.

tad-anuṣṭhāna-niratasya loka-vidito dīrgha-kālaṃ saṃdarśana-yogaḥ.

tasmiṃś cānyeṣām api karmaṇām anusandhānam.

yena karmaṇā dravyeṇa kauśalena cārthinī syāt tasya prayogam utpattim āgamam upāyaṃ vijñānaṃ cātmāyattaṃ darśayet.

pūrva-pravṛtteṣu loka-cariteṣu dravya-guṇa-parīkṣāsu ca tayā tat-parijanena ca saha vivādaḥ.

tatra nirdiṣṭāni paṇitāni teṣv enāṃ prāśnikatvena yojayet.

tayā tu vivadamāno 'ty:antādbhūtamiti brūyād.
iti paricaya-kāraṇāni((138)).
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kṛta-paricayāṃ darśiteṅitākārāṃ kanyām ivopāyato 'bhiyuñjīteti. prāyeṇa tatra sūkṣmā abhiyogāḥ. kanyānām a:saṃprayuktatvāt. itarāsu tān eva sphuṭam upadadhyāt. saṃprayuktatvāt.

saṃdarśitākārāyāṃ nirbhinna-sad-bhāvāyāṃ samupabhoga-vyatikare tadīyāny upayuñjīta.

tatra mahārha-gandham uttarīyaṃ kusumaṃ syād aṅgulīyakaṃ ca. tad-dhastād gṛhīta-tāmbūlayā goṣṭhī-gamanodyatasya keśa-hasta-puṣpa-yācanam.

tatra mahārha-gandhaṃ spṛhaṇīyaṃ sva-nakha-daśana-pada-cihnitaṃ sākāraṃ dadyāt.

adhikair adhikaiś cābhiyogaiḥ sādhvasa-vicchedanam.

krameṇa ca vivikta-deśe gamanam āliṅganaṃ cumbanaṃ tāmbūlasya grāhaṇaṃ dānānte dravyāṇāṃ parivartanaṃ guhya-deśābhimarśanaṃ cety abhiyogāḥ.

yatra caikābhiyuktā na tatrāparām abhiyuñjīta.

tatra yā vṛddhānubhūta-viṣayā priyopagrahaiś ca tām upagṛhṇīyāt.

ślokāv atra bhavataḥ
anyatra dṛṣṭa-saṃcāras tad-bhartā yatra nāyakaḥ. na tatra yoṣitaṃ kāṃ cit suprāpām api laṅghayet..

śaṅkitāṃ rakṣitāṃ bhītāṃ sa:śvaśrūkāṃ ca yoṣitam. na tarkayeta medhāvī jānan pratyayam ātmanaḥ((139))..