[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.s3.18 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.18 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.18 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.18) Dragged forcibly by Duḥśāsana in the assembly, an utterly helpless Draupadī dares to confront the elders in the congregation with a question. The question raised by her pertains to \*dharma\*. She started a debate as a complainant and pleaded her case. Subjected to humiliation in public, she questioned the elders in the assembly and the question was: whether her husband was authorized to bet on her in the game of dice when after putting himself on stake, he had lost and become a slave himself. - [Previous: c6.s3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.17) - [Next: c6.s3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.19) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.18) · Pramāṇa