[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c6.s2.25 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s2.25 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s2.25 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.25) Rāma remains unshaken even over this well-formulated reasoned appeal. His reply to Vasiṣṭha’s arguments proceeds from the same position — and the argument of obeying to one’s \*guru\* also does not stand here because to respect the pledge given by his father Daśaratha as per his commitment to Kaikeyī, he has to continue his sojourn in the forest. - [Previous: c6.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.24) - [Next: c6.s2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.26) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.25) · Pramāṇa