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Kāmasūtra 3.3.20

Kama 3.3.20

विस्मयेषु प्रसह्यमानाम् इन्द्र-जालैः प्रयोगैर् विस्मापयेत्। कलासु कौतुकिनीं तत्-कौशलेन गीत-प्रियां श्रुति-हरैर् गीतैः। आश्व-युज्याम् अष्टमी-चन्द्रके कौमुद्याम् उतसवेषु यात्रायां ग्रहणे गृहाचारे वा विचित्रैर् आपीडैः कर्ण-पत्त्र-भङ्गैः सिक्थक-प्रधानैर् वस्त्राङ्गुलीयक-भूषण-दानैश् च। नो चेद् दोष-कराणि मन्येत।

vismayeṣu prasahyamānām indra-jālaiḥ prayogair vismāpayet. kalāsu kautukinīṃ tat-kauśalena gīta-priyāṃ śruti-harair gītaiḥ. āśva-yujyām aṣṭamī-candrake kaumudyām utasaveṣu yātrāyāṃ grahaṇe gṛhācāre vā vicitrair āpīḍaiḥ karṇa-pattra-bhaṅgaiḥ sikthaka-pradhānair vastrāṅgulīyaka-bhūṣaṇa-dānaiś ca. no ced doṣa-karāṇi manyeta.

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

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Cite as: Kāmasūtra 3.3.20, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/Kama/3.3.20), after GRETIL.

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