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OF THE
WAY HOW TO BEGIN AND HOW TO END THE CONGRESS. DIFFERENT KINDS
OF CONGRESS AND LOVE QUARRELS
IN the pleasure-room, decorated with flowers, and fragrant with
perfumes, attended by his friends and servants, the citizen should
receive the woman, who will come bathed and dressed, and will invite
her to take refreshment and to drink freely. He should then seat
her on his left side, and holding her hair, and touching also the
end and knot of her garment, he should gently embrace her with his
right arm. They should then carry on an amusing conversation on
various subjects, and may also talk suggestively of things which
would be considered as coarse, or not to be mentioned generally
in society. They may then sing, either with or without gesticulations,
and play on musical instruments, talk about the arts, and persuade
each other to drink. At last when the woman is overcome with love
and desire, the citizen should dismiss the people that may be with
him, giving them flowers, ointments, and betel leaves, and then
when the two are left alone, they should proceed as has been already
described in the previous chapters.
Such is the beginning of sexual union. At the end of the congress,
the lovers with modesty, and not looking at each other, should
go separately to the washing-room. After this, sitting in their
own places, they should eat some betel leaves, and the citizen
should apply with his own hand to the body of the woman some pure
sandal wood ointment, or ointment of some other kind. He should
then embrace her with his left arm, and with agreeable words should
cause her to drink from a cup held in his own hand, or he may
give her water to drink. They can then eat sweetmeats, or anything
else, according to their likings and may drink fresh juice,1
soup, gruel, extracts of meat, sherbet, the juice of mango fruits,
the extract of the juice of the citron tree mixed with sugar,
or anything that may be liked in different countries, and known
to be sweet, soft, and pure. The lovers may also sit on the terrace
of the palace or house, and enjoy the moonlight, and carry on
an agreeable conversation. At this time, too, while the woman
lies in his lap, with her face towards the moon, the citizen should
show her the different planets, the morning star, the polar star,
and the seven Rishis, or Great Bear.
This is the end of sexual union.
Congress is of the following kinds:
Loving congress
Congress of subsequent love
Congress of artificial love
Congress of transferred love
Congress like that of eunuchs
Deceitful congress
Congress of spontaneous love
When a man and a woman, who have been in love with each other
for some time, come together with great difficulty, or when one
of the two returns from a journey, or is reconciled after having
been separated on account of a quarrel, then congress is called
the `loving congress'. It is carried on according to the liking
of the lovers, and as long as they choose.
When two persons come together, while their love for each other
is still in its infancy, their congress is called the `congress
of subsequent love'.
When a man carries on the congress by exciting himself by means
of the sixty-four ways, such as kissing, etc., etc., or when a
man and a woman come together, though in reality they are both
attached to different persons, their congress is then called `congress
of artificial love'. At this time all the ways and means mentioned
in the Kama Shastra should be used.
When a man, from the beginning to the end of the congress, though
having connection with the woman, thinks all the time that he
is enjoying another one whom he loves, it is called the `congress
of transferred love'.
Congress between a man and a female water carrier, or a female
servant of a caste lower than his own, lasting only until the
desire is satisfied, is called `congress like that of eunuchs'.
Here external touches, kisses, and manipulation are not to be
employed.
The congress between a courtesan and a rustic, and that between
citizens and the women of villages, and bordering countries, is
called `deceitful congress'.
The congress that takes place between two persons who are attached
to one another, and which is done according to their own liking
is called `spontaneous congress'.
Thus end the kinds of congress.
We shall now speak of love quarrels.
A woman who is very much in love with a man cannot bear to hear
the name of her rival mentioned, or to have any conversation regarding
her, or to be addressed by her name through mistake. If such takes
place, a great quarrel arises, and the woman cries, becomes angry,
tosses her hair about, strikes her lover, falls from her bed or
seat, and, casting aside her garlands and ornaments, throws herself
down on the ground.
At this time, the lover should attempt to reconcile her with conciliatory
words, and should take her up carefully and place her on her bed.
But she, not replying to his questions, and with increased anger,
should bend down his head by pulling his hair, and having kicked
him once, twice, or thrice on his arms, head, bosom or back, should
then proceed to the door of the room. Dattaka says that she should
then sit angrily near the door and shed tears, but should not
go out, because she would be found fault with for going away.
After a time, when she thinks that the conciliatory words and
actions of her lover have reached their utmost, she should then
embrace him, talking to him with harsh and reproachful words,
but at the same time showing a loving desire for congress.
When the woman is in her own house, and has quarrelled with her
lover, she should go to him and show how angry she is, and leave
him. Afterwards the citizen having sent the Vita, the Vidushaka
or the Pithamarda2 to pacify her, she
should accompany them back to the house, and spend the night with
her lover.
Thus end the love quarrels.
In conclusion.
A man, employing the sixty-four means mentioned by Babhravya,
obtains his object, and enjoys the woman of the first quality.
Though he may speak well on other subjects, if he does not know
the sixty-four divisions, no great respect is paid to him in the
assembly of the learned. A man, devoid of other knowledge, but
well acquainted with the sixty-four divisions, becomes a leader
in any society of men and women. What man will not respect the
sixty-four arts,3 considering they are
respected by the learned, by the cunning, and by the courtesans.
As the sixty-four arts are respected, are charming, and add to
the talent of women, they are called by the Acharyas dear to women.
A man skilled in the sixty-four arts is looked upon with love
by his own wife, by the wives of others, and by courtesans.
Footnotes
- 1
- The fresh juice of the cocoa nut tree, the
date tree, and other kinds of palm trees are drunk in India.
It will keep fresh very long, but ferments rapidly, and is then
distilled into liquor.
- 2
- The characteristics of these three individuals
have been given in Part I, page 117.
- 3
- A definition of the sixty-four arts is given
in Part I, Chapter III, pages 107-111.
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