CHAPTER X.

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, ointment, 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,[40] soup, gruel, extracts of meat, sherbet, the juice of

mangoe 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, then congress is called the "loving congress." It

is carried on 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., 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.

(4). When a man, from the beginning to the end of the congress, though

having connection with the women, 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 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 manipulations are not to be employed.

(6). The congress between a courtezan 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 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,[41] the Vidushaka[41] or

the Pithamurda[41] 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 parts,[42] considering they are

respected by the learned, by the cunning, and by the courtezans. As the

sixty-four parts 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 parts is looked upon with love by his own wife, by the

wives of others, and by courtezans.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 40: The fresh juice of the cocoa nut tree, the date tree, and

other kinds of palm trees are drunk in India. It will not keep fresh

very long, but ferments rapidly, and is then distilled into liquor.]

[Footnote 41: The characteristics of these three individuals have been

given in Part I. page 31.]

[Footnote 42: A definition of the sixty-four parts, or divisions, is

given in Chapter II., page 45.]

=END OF PART II.=