Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s11.5
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s11.5
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c11.s11.5
Swami Dayananda is known for settling the disputes in debates by unusual methods. Madam Blavatsky in her homage to Dayananda has narratated an incident with regard to his dispute with some fanatics. One of whom is said to have hurled a cobra at him, saying “Let this Viṣṇu decide which of us is right!” Swami Dayananda caught the cobra and with a single vigorous movement crushed the head of the reptile, saying “Let him do so . . . your god has been too slow. It is I who have decided the dispute. Now go.”⁸³