All language subtitles for Kama Sutra The Art of Making Love (1994)

"Kama Sutra"

Woman is the sacrificial fire.

The lips of her vulva - the fuel,

the hairs around them - the smoke,

and her love temple itself - the flame.

The act of entry is the kindling,

the blaze of pleasure is the spark.

in this fire the gods offer up semen seed

of which sacred offering

man is born.

Our story begins in a time before time,

in a land half way across the world.

The great god Shiva,

terrible destroyer of worlds,

the ultimate teacher of all yoga,
meditation and magic,

was in the mood for love.

Shiva and his wife,

the lovely goddess Parvati,

locked themselves away in their palace
on mount Kailash.

A year past...

Ten years past...

Still the divine couple did not emerge.

Ten thousand years went by...

Yet Parvati and Shiva remained hidden.

and it's said the world shook
with their lovemaking.

Only Nandi, the white bull guardian,

knew what they were doing inside.

and he was sworn to secrecy.

Poor Nandi could not help himself.
He broke his vault.

But Shiva's magic turned Nandi's
words to flowers

even as they left his lips.

Wise sages, meditating on these
blossoms,

wrote the first-ever books

on "The Art of Love".

The greatest of these books

was written by Mallanaga Vatsyayana.

It was cold "Kama Sutra"

and it remains to this day

the most famous book ever written
on the art of love.

In India

generations of painters illustrated the book
for princely patrons.

Vatsyayana's world could hardly be
more different from ours,

but Kama Sutra is as valuable today

as it ever was.

After all the human body and
the human emotions

have not changed at all in the last
two thousand years.

In this video

you'll see couples making love in some
of the postures described by Kama Sutra.

Please, don't be fooled into thinking
that it's the postures that are important.

They're not.

On its own each posture is
quite meaningless.

Lovemaking should flow like a dance,

moving effortlessly from one position
to the next.

You don't need to use every technique
you're going to see

nor is it the physical performance
that's important.

What really matters

are the feelings we bring to our lovemaking.

Every action,

every sound,

every caress,

every part of our body

should express our affection,

our tenderness,

our loving care for our partner.

The mind is the most potent sex organ
of all.

The shifting, ever changing postures,
flowing like dance figures one to another

are only meant to express the tenderness
of the controlling mind.

And for this reason

Kama sutra is especially valuable to couples
who are married

or in a long relationship.

Watch well,

for as its author wrote

the arts it teaches are so powerful

that the love they arose
will not diminish

even in a thousand years.

Kama is often translated as "Desire".

but it is far more then just sexual lust.

Kama is every pleasure that can be felt.

It's the delight of all five senses,

in art and music,

in silks, perfumes and good food.

So also

lovemaking is not just sexual union.

It's every pleasure that one person
can give another.

It's time spent together

walking, talking or meditating,

and of course caring for
one another's bodies.

Bathing each other

is a perfect way to begin lovemaking.

When you touch each other

pay real attention to what you're doing.

Be aware of every tiny action.

One of the great secrets of lovemaking
is this:

"Whatever you are doing -

"slow down!"

It would be better at half the speed.

Nothing heightens desire as expectation.

So let every touch contain a new idea

and let every touch burn like a cool fire.

The hot bath scented with oils

relaxes both muscles and inhibitions.

It allows you to explore each others bodies

unselfconsciously

and to learn to give and receive
pleasure without embarrassment.

It is a time to be playful.

In the bath you may tease and tantalize,

building an appetite for the pleasure
still to come.

"Set musicians behind ???? screen to play
as you bathe together,"

says Vatsyayana.

No wonder sharing a bath is
one of the chief pleasures

recommended by Kama Sutra
for newly wed couples.

One of the stratagems suggested
by Vatsyayana to the young men of his day

was that if their lady friend
was ever caught in a shower

they should immediately offer
to towel her dry.

Gentle rubbing with the soft dry towel

or trailing the fingertips or nails
lightly across the body

causes the tiny hairs to rise
in the most exquisite sensation.

Now,

even though your body may be
ready for making love,

be patient

just a little longer.

It can be better still.

Jasmine...

Sandal wood...

Musk...

A tower of roses...

These perfumes were as well-known
in ancient times as they are today.

Then, as now,

the ultimate non sexual pleasure

was a body massage.

The simplest way is just to rub
the scented oils

gently into your lover's skin.

Massage tones up the skin,
improves circulation,

relaxes muscles and eases eggs and pains.

Some types of massage work on
the deeper body organs,

fortifying and rejuvenation them.

Try to keep the massage non sexual

for as long as you can.

Wait till your body is ready
and aching for love.

And when you can hold back no longer

it is time to turn the next page.

Kama is the delight of body, mind
and soul in exquisite sensation.

Awaken eyes, nose, tongue, ear and skin.

And between sense and sensed
the essence of Kama will flower.

Kama is the breath of lip on lip,

the caress of breasts, hips, buttocks,
thighs

in a beautiful embrace from which
child is born.

The writer of the Kama Sutra knew something
that we moderns have forgotten.

That the sexual union of two people

is an event far more profound than just
pleasure seeking.

Again and again in Vatsyayana's
???? sanscrit ????

we encounter hints and clues
of something deeper.

According to ancient Indian and
Chinese tradition

the body is a complex of nerve centers
called "Chakras".

At the base of the spine

an awesome energy lies coiled called
"Kundalini".

It can be raised by lovemaking.

The ancients believed that the psychic
energy of kundalini

could be ???? in the quest of salvation
which they called "Moksha",

the release from
the cycle of life and death.

Moksha, the very same word,

describes the mystery of the female orgasm.

Some women like to have an orgasm
before making love.

She may be able to come just by
riding on her lover's knee.

The simplest way to bring her to orgasm

may be to stimulate her clitoris
with your fingers.

Remember the rule: "Don't hurry!"

Whatever you're doing it would be much
better at half the speed.

When the urge to join your bodies
becomes overwhelming

then choose a posture to start with

and just go with the flow of your feelings.

Here're some fairly easy postures

and you don't need to be
double-jointed to do them.

Where better to start than
with this familiar posture.

We call it "Utphalaka" (The Opening Flower).

It's usually unkindly referred to
as the missionary position.

In fact it's a beautiful posture

allowing satisfyingly deep penetration

and warm affectionate contact
of the upper body.

And from this simple start see
what a lovely line of postures flows.

If she lifts up her legs high
it becomes "Vijrimbhitaka"

(The Widely Union).

Even deeper, more intimate penetration
and powerful sensation.

Very slow deep strokes of the penis,

more pressing than thrusting,
???? great pleasure for both.

A further simple move changes
the posture to "Indrani",

the position tradition scribes
to (The Wife of the God Indra).

This posture shortens the vagina
and is very intense.

The man should be careful

not to trust too hard in case he hurts her.

He should take his cue from her.

Kneeling gives them tremendous power

to vary the depth and direction
of his trusts.

If he aims right his penis can massage
her G-spot

which lies about two inches
inside her vagina,

against the upper wall.

By placing her feet on his chest

she shifts into the posture called
"Ratisundara" (Sweet Love).

Kama Sutra teaches many ways that the man
can move his penis in the vagina.

These deep rolling motions give
this posture's name -

"Smarachakra" (Love's Wheel),

which is said to be a great favorite
with passionate women.

When she squeezes her thighs together
his penis is trapped and tightly squeezed.

This posture is called
"Bhugnaka" (The Rising).

From here it is possible to go back to
one of the earlier positions

or on to something more adventurous.

The squeeze can actually be intensified

if she crosses her raised thighs.

This is called "Nagara" (The Town Way).

And to make it even more powerful

she can now also bring into play
the muscles of her vagina.

These postures are not important
in themselves,

only as part of the dance of your bodies.

The music of this dance is the flow
of desire between you.

The trick is to retain control

while in the same time completely
loosing yourself in the music.

Now she opens up into the deep
penetration posture

known as "Vijrimbhitaka" (The Yawning).

By alternatively lowering and stretching
one leg at a time

her vagina rolls and squeezes

massaging his penis in a most
particular way.

This is the famous "Venudaritaka"
(Splitting the Bamboo),

one of the great secrets of
Indian lovemaking

yet absurdly simple when you know how.

When with a little practice you get use to
performing this sequence of postures

you'll find that it helps to
prolong lovemaking.

If at any time passion takes over

and you feel the approach of orgasm

you can slow down.

Take slow deep breaths to help you
regain control.

If you loose control, lie,
just enjoy the sensation.

To end the sequence of love postures

what could be better than this little idea.

Lying with her legs apart beneath him

she brings them slowly and
deliberately together.

His legs are forced up over
the outside of hers

and she captures and milks his penis
with her vaginal muscles.

This is called "Samputa" (The Box).

And it is sublime.

Vatsyayana has said it well:

"Kama is blinded animals,

"mere rotting while the females are in heat.

"But men and women who know its yoga

"embrace infinity in their lovemaking."

Lovemaking, like any art, needs
to be practiced.

Think of your bodies as musical instruments.

The Kama Sutra offers hundreds
of different tunes to play.

When lovers lie facing one another
with thighs interlaced,

her breasts pressed to his heart,

hands seeking new places to caress,

pulling heads together for kisses,

it is called
(The Mingling of Sesame and Rice).

When she traps one of his thighs and
squeezes it between her own

this is known as (The Embrace of Thighs).

"Once passion is stirring," says Kama Sutra,

"lovers should bring their nails into play".

Under a lovers nails even
the most diffident lady

feels her body slowly charged with desire.

This mark was known to the adepts of
the Kama Sutra as.

(The Half Moon)

Giving names to each nail mark,

tooth mark and sexual posture

might seem to you to be somewhat
unspontaneous.

But each was part of a well rehearsed
repertoire

designed to raise passion to
fever pitch.

A medieval Sanskrit text,
Ratiratna Pradipika,

which was never been translated
into English,

gives eight ancient Indian technics
of cunnilingus.

These technics include

licking of the clitoris with the tongue,

trailing up and down the clitoris hood,

licking in tiny circles

and probing deeply with the tongue
into her vagina.

She will find it irresistible

if he sucks her lips and clitoris
into his mouth.

But do be careful, the clitoris is
very sensitive.

With all these technics it's important to
find out what she likes and dislikes.

Place you darling on a couch, set her feet
to your shoulders,

clasp her waist and let your tongue to stir
her overflowing love temple.

This is called "Pohuchushipe".

"Four mouths are pure:" says Kama Sutra,

"the mouth of a sucking calf,

"the mouth of a hunting dog
seizing its pray,

"the birth's beak severing fruit from trees

"and the mouth of a woman
during lovemaking."

When performing fellatio

the woman has many subtle little technics
to give him pleasure.

She can lay her lip slightly ???? tip
of his penis, kissing it.

Working with tongue and lips, and even teeth

she can perform little loving actions.

If, while kissing, she lets her tongue
flick all over his penis

then pointing it, strikes repeatedly
at the sensitive glans-tip,

it is "Parimrshtaka" (Striking at the Tip).

If now, fired by passion,

she takes his penis deep within her mouth,

pulling up on it

and sucking as vigorously as though she
were stripping clean a mango stone,

this is "Amrachushita" (Sucking a Mango).

Delay penetration for as long as you can.

But when you are both well aroused and ready

you might like to try this more advanced
sequence of postures.

This delightful idea is called
"Ratibana" (Love's Arrow).

It gives deep and easy penetration

and is very close and loving.

For this reason it is said to be
one of the postures

that does most to create love
between two people.

From here it is but a small step

to the posture
known as "Vinasana" (The Lute),

"Particularly adored by experienced women,"
says the poet of Ananga Ranga,

a medieval text on lovemaking.

Penetration here is deeper and more intense.

"If, clasping he tightly in the embrace,

"she places her feet on the bed and slowly
twists her spine to face away

"without braking the union,

"it is 'Jvalamukhi' (The Flame Face),"

so says a medieval text, rejoicing
in the name

????

or The Erotic Treasury.

Once pleasure has reached a certain pitch

the couple may choose to slow down
their lovemaking

and maintain one posture
almost indefinitely.

Alternatively, he can move to
a kneeling stance

and pull her into his lap, she is stretching
out in front.

This posture is "Ekabandha" (The Knot),

which, as its name suggests, is very
deep and intimate.

It allows the man to control the speed
and rhythm of the lovemaking

by placing his hands on her waist
and pulling her on to him.

The rear entry positions in Kama Sutra

were mostly named after the lovemaking
of animals.

"It's fun," Vatsyayana taught,

"to imitate the mating games
of deer and tigers,

"mimicking their movements and their cries."

This relatively simple posture
cannot be better

for deep intimate penetration and
just for being close.

Not for nothing was it named
"Kirtibandha" (The Famous Knot).

It's often used by experiences couples

whose objective is to keep themselves hovering
almost indefinitely on the brink of orgasm.

The posture changes to "Hansa-lila"
or (Swan Sport).

By slowing everything right-down,

when the orgasm finally comes,

you may find that you can feel it
in every part of your body.

Now she moves fluently into the posture
called "Garuda" (The Mythical Bird),

???? the elegant "Nagara".

During such long, slow lovemaking,

a woman can enjoy orgasm after orgasm.

This virtuoso move is known as
"Parivrittaka" (The Turn Around),

and is only learnt through practice.

In this instance it is led to a completely
new posture, "Vrisha" (The Bull).

Not only that the "Vrisha" afford extremely
deep and comfortable penetration

but it gives her lover a most erotic view

of her buttocks repeatedly swallowing up
his penis.

There will be times when passion creeps up
on you

when you are least expecting it

and it's so overwhelming that it cannot
be denied.

If the movies are anything to go by -

"Fatal Attraction", "The Postman Always
Rings Twice".

There's something especially exciting

about making love on the kitchen table.

Kissing games like these

were supposed always to precede lovemaking,
according to some ancient authors.

They believed that without foreplay the
couple should never proceed to intercourse.

But Vatsyayana, the author of the Kama Sutra,
was impatient with such thinking.

"Once passion is aroused," he said,

"there's little time for protocol.

"You may do whatever you like and do it
whenever you please

"since Kama respects no conventions

"and can't be regimented."

When lips and teeth, and tongue make contact

then it's the lovely kiss that Kama Sutra
calls (The Fighting of Tongues).

When she twines her legs about his waist
and presses her loins to his

in an embrace so violent

that their bodies seem to penetrate
one another,

it is (The Mixing of Milk and Water).

Here is a variant of a posture that we saw
earlier on.

It is called "Vyomapada" or (The Sky-foot).

It gives deep, easy access

and is a position in which hard passionate
blows of the penis may be stroke.

If she enjoys it you may try
withdrawing completely

and then striking in hard to the
full length of his penis.

This is called "Nirghata" (The Buffet).

You may choose to keep up the pressure
against just one wall of her vagina.

And if so, this is called
"Varahaghata" (The Boar's Trust).

In this posture the penetration
will be very deep.

In order to become as close as possible
without hurting her

he may press his penis in
as deep as it will go

and hold it there for space of ten breaths.

This is called "Piditaka" (Squeezing).

The tabletop is also a useful place to try a
variation of the good old missionary position,

"Utphalaka".

This will feel different from when it's
performed on bed

as penis enter at a higher angle
and goes straight to her G-spot.

The tabletop makes it possible to try ideas

that even Vatsyayana never dreamed of.

"Utphalaka" is a lying down posture.

But if she now sets up

and wraps her legs around his waist

and throws her arms around his neck

it will become possible for him
to lift her directly

into a standing position.

Good-bye to the kitchen table.

Kama Sutra describes this posture as
"Avalambitaka" (Suspended).

It is considered difficult.

It was one of a series of idealized
picture positions

that were often depicted in art
on temple walls.

With practice, you can learn to hold it
for quite a long time.

Once again,

a simple unexpected move
can totally transform the story.

Using a chair makes possible a sequence
of posture which,

if done seated on the floor, could be
performed only by yoga students.

Here, as she uses the leverage of her
feet to swing her hips around

they are making a posture called
"Dolita" (The Swing).

This is a particularly good position
for the woman.

She is able to call the shots,

making sure that whatever happens
is exactly to her liking.

It's also good for the couple
who wish to sit together,

locked in their embrace and just
experience being close.

By lifting her feet up a little

she increases the depth and angle
of his penis within her

while still retaining complete control
of her movements.

This is called "Kshudgara" (The Striking).

She is now completely open up for him

and yet still able to do exactly she likes.

It is she who controls the rhythm and
depth of the penetration.

for instance, she may choose five
shallow and one deep trust -

a technique much praised by Chinese
adepts of the art of love.

The ancient Chinese, like their
contemporaries in India,

believed that lovemaking could be
a path to spiritual bliss.

For them the secret lay in the
conservation of precious semen.

The couple's practice was directed towards
staying almost at point of orgasm,

but never reaching it.

By reabsorbing the vital energy back
into the body

and directing it into the psychic
centers, called "chakras",

occult powers could be obtained.

Turning her back to him, she sheets
his penis deeply in her vagina.

She can now use her muscles to
grip and squeeze it.

If she takes the full length of
his penis within her

then squeezes hard as there milking it
with her vagina,

it is known as "Vadavaka" (The Mare),

which is only learned by practice.

Women, who perfected this technique,
which was known in Egypt as the "????",

were highly priced by their lovers.

Yet any woman could learn it if she's willing

to practice squeezing and relaxing
the muscles of her vagina

at least one hundred times every day.

Perfume your garden with ???? of flowers

like the moss rose, the ???? jasmine,
the Arabian and Spanish jasmines,

the yellow amaranth, the ????,

and the fragrant white flower called
"Queen of the Night".

Gardens has always been important to lovers.

as Oscar Wild so succinctly observed,

"The book of life begins with a man
and a woman in a garden

"and it ends with revelation."

Kama Sutra took great pains to
describe the ideal garden

for the third century citizen.

It was a place to relax and make love in.

"Plant flowering grows of Indian coral
and mango trees.

"Plant banana palms, and tall stands
of sweet cuscus grass.

"Let foot paths lead from the house

"and wonder between the flowers
and trees."

In the middle of this garden

you should sink a deep well,

or a pool with steps leading down
to the water,

or a lotus covered lake beside which
you can sit in the summer.

The scents and flowers in the garden

were all intended to heighten
the mood of love.

The trees themselves were the focus of many
of the Kama Sutra's most celebrated postures.

Indeed, Vatsyayana even called this
embrace "Vriksha" (The Tree Climber).

The lovemaking posture that follows from
this embrace is called "Tala" (The Palm).

It is not listed in Kama Sutra

but we can be sure that it was
a well known posture.

The later text, Ratiratna Pradipika, tells us

that Vatsyayana and others,
who knew the art of love in its great days,

called this posture "Tala".

Kama Sutra and all the Indian texts
that followed it

always reserved a special private
place for the standing postures

which were thought difficult, and
therefore especially splendid.

They were called "Picture Positions"

because these were the postures chosen
by sculptors to adorn temple walls.

This neat little idea was known to
the adepts of love as

"Avalambitaka" (The Suspended Position).

She uses her feet to push
against his size

and rock herself back and forth
against him.

If a couple wish to take it in turns
to give each other pleasure

then let them perfect the eights
kinds of fellatio

and the eights methods of cunnilingus,

and at last learn to practice both
at the same time.

Fellatio begins with what Kama Sutra
calls

"Nimita" or (Touching).

Her lips, laid lightly to her lover's penis,

moving in tiny circles.

She may tease him playfully,

letting her attention seem to wonder away

before returning to the focus of his pleasure.

She takes the head gently between her lips

by turns pressing it and kissing it,
and pulling at its soft skin.

This is "Bahiha-samdansha" (The Outer Plan).

If she now takes the whole head into her
mouth and presses with her lips,

it is "Antaha-samdansha" (The Inner Plan).

Now she kisses it fiercely,

sucking at it as though it was his lower lip.

This is "Chumbitaka" (Kissing).

She can end by taking his penis into her mouth

and sucking it vigorously -
(The Sucking of the Mango Fruit).

If he now uses the techniques of cunnilingus

which we described earlier

and if they pleasure each other
simultaneously,

this is the famous "Kalila", known
in Indian tradition

as (The Lovemaking of the Crow).

In the west we know it better as
(Soisent Neuf) or (69),

Although few people realize that since
there are fully eight techniques of fellatio

and eight of cunnilingus,

this means that there are at least
sixty four ways

in which to enjoy (69).

Of all the standing positions

the rear entry ones are probably
the most enjoyable.

This one, which can be seen on the
walls of many Khajuraho temples,

was called "Gardhaba" (The Ass).

it is a very close, intimate way of coupling,

giving intense pleasure to both partners.

Entering from behind is natural
to most animals

and although we humans often find it more
congenial to bring our faces close together

our bodies are still shaped and formed
for this kind of union.

However since every human being
is made differently

and since these standing positions
depend very much

on the two people being of
compatible heights

you should not worry if positions like
this one don't happen to work for you.

There are many variations
you can use

to explore the limits of what is
pleasurable for you.

Things as simple as leaning right forward

or back as far as you can.

Try everything once and stick
with what you enjoy.

Of the face to face positions there
are three you might care to try

beyond what you've already seen.

This position is "Ekapada",
literally (One Foot),

which opens up the woman nicely to her lover.

This sensual posture can also be
performed using a chair

or a high stool for her to
rest her foot on.

These standing postures are not
particularly easy

as the angle for union can be narrow

and there may be little freedom of movement.

If at first you find them impossible
to perform unsupported

then by all means use a piece of
furniture until you've mastered them.

Here's the "Janukurpara" (The Knee Elbow).

It's another of the so called
picture positions

that are to be found on the temple
walls of ???? Khajuraho.

For the ancient Indians

lovemaking went
beyond the nearly human and mortal.

It touched the divine itself.

No coincidence perhaps

that the story that began with
a god and goddess

locked away in a ten thousands years passion

should end with a posture dedicated
to another god.

For this lovely natural position

is "Traivikrama" (The Stride of Vishnu),

named after the god Vishnu,
who covered the earth in tree strides.

Sacred, profound, lovely -

thus ends Kama Sutra.

Love has many yogas:

the touching of two bodies,

the locking of groins,

the drawing apart in separation,

the quieting of the violent breath,

the still release from body and mind...

The wise know that physical pleasure
is not the sole end of lovemaking.

It can be like music, stirring the emotions,

quickening the senses, dissolving
thought into rhythm

until only rhythm exists.

On and on it flows as hearts thud faster,

limbs tremble in the beat of drums
that double pace and double again

till that music itself brakes

into one long holy note of silence.

This is the tale of the Kama Sutra,

the masterwork on lovemaking.

Says Vatsyayana:

"Men and women who know its yoga

"embrace infinity in their lovemaking".

Om, shanti, shanti, shanti...

"Vijrimbhitaka"
The Widely Union

"Indrani"
The Wife of the God Indra

"Ratisundara"
Sweet Love

"Bhugnaka"
The Rising

"Piditaka"
Squeezing

"Venudaritaka"
Splitting the Bamboo

"Samputa"
The Box

"Ratibana"
Love's Arrow

"Vinasana"
The Lute

"Jvalamukhi"
The Flame Face

"Ekabandha"
The Knot

"Kirtibandha"
The Famous Knot

"Parivrittaka"
The Turn Around

"Hansa-lila"
Swan Sport

"Nagara"
The Town Way

"Vrisha"
The Bull

"Nirghata"
The Buffet

"Varahaghata"
The Boar's Trust

"Avalambitaka"
Suspended

"Dolita"
The Swing

"Kshudgara"
The Striking

"Vadavaka"
The Mare

"Ekapada"
One Foot

"Vriksha"
The Tree Climber

"Amrachushita"
Sucking a Mango

"Kalila"
The Lovemaking of the Crow

"Gardhaba"
The Ass

"Tala"
The Palm

"Janukurpara"
The Knee Elbow

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