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 described in the following 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 sandalwood 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 liking, and may drink fresh juice, 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: viz. 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.
1) 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, this congress is called the ‘loving congress’. It is carried o according to the liking of the lovers, and as long as they choose.
2) 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’.
3) When a man carries on the congress by exciting himself by means of the sixty-four ways, such as kissing, etc. or when a man and a woman come together, 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.
4) 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’.
5) Congress between a man and a female water carrier, or 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 manipulations are not to be employed.
6) The congress between a courtesan and a rustic, and that between citizens and the women of villages, and bordering countries, is called ‘deceitful congress’.
7) 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 ends 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 take 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 his head down 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 the time showing a loving desire for congress.
When the woman is in her own house, and has quarreled 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 Pithamudra to pacify her, she should accompany them back to the house, and spend the night with her lover. Thus ends the love quarrel.
A man, employing the sixty-four means mentioned by Babhravya, obtains his object, and enjoys women of the first quality. A man devoid of other knowledge, but well acquainted with the sixty-four divisions, becomes a leader in any society of men and women. He is looked upon with love by his own wife, by the wives of others, and by courtesans.
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