[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.s2.45 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s2.45 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s2.45 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.45) I, not having found Sītā, shall become a hermit, subsisting on fruits and roots. (Otherwise) preparing the funeral pyre on the shores of the sea, in a place abounding in roots, fruits and water, I shall enter the flames or allow myself to die of hunger; or else I will sit with a vow and let the wild beats or crows eat this body of mine. I think this also is the way of giving up this life envisaged by the seers. Or else I will drown myself in the sea if I do not see the daughter of Janaka.⁵¹ - [Previous: c6.s2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.44) - [Next: c6.s2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.46) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.45) · Pramāṇa