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Natyashastra of Bharata Muni with Hindi Commentary (Vol 1)

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पृष्ठ 552, कुल 654 में से

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पृष्ठ 552

.XXIV. 210] THE BASIC REPRESENTATION 467

  1. Out of respect for the queens and for fear of their favourite women, kings are secretly to make love to queen's maids.

  2. Though the kings may have many ways of making love, the making it secretly will be [the most] pleasing [of all].

  3. That a woman resorts to wily ways, that one is shut out from her and she become available only with difficulty, imparts the supreme pleasure to her love.

  4. In case of women of the harem, the king's Union (saṁbhoga) with them in day time may be permitted, but in dealing with external women Union should take place at night¹.

Reasons for Conjugal Union

  1. The following six are reasons¹ for the Conjugal Union (rāsaka) : scheduled order (paripāṭi), [desire for] progeny (phala), newness of relation (navatva), birth of a child (prasava), time of sorrow (duḥkha) and of joy (pramoda)².

  2. When the Conjugal Union (rāsaka) is due, kings should go to the bed-chamber of a queen even if she may be in her menses or may not be his favourite.

Eight kinds of Heroine

210-211. In this connexion Heroines (nāyikā) are known to be of eight kinds such as, "one dressed up for Union" (vāsakasajjā), "one distressed by separation" (virahotkaṇṭhitā), "one having her husband in subjection" (svādhīna-bhartṛkā), "one separated [from her lover] by a quarrel" (kalahāntaritā), "one enraged with her lover" (khaṇḍitā), "one deceived by her lover" (vipralabdhā) "one with a sojourning husband" (proṣitabhartṛkā) and "one who moves to her lover" (abhisārikā)¹.

204 (C.XXXI.103; K.XXII.191). 205 (C.XXXI.104; K.XXII.192).
206 (C.XXXI.105; K.XXII.193).
207 (C.XXXI.106; K.XXII.194). ¹ Cf. KS. V. 1, 16.
208 (C.XXXI.107; K.XXII.195). ¹ See Hemacandra's vṛtti on this passage quoted in KĀ. (p. 307) where he copies Ag. (p. 477) verbatim.
² This rule of the Conjugal Union (vāsaka) seems to have been relaxed at the time of Vātsyāyana. See KS. III. 2, 61-63.
209 (C.XXXI.108; K.XXII.196).
210-211 (C.XXXI.109-110; K.XXII.197-198) ¹ See DR. II. 23-27.