[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.s3.19 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.19 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.19 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.19) Bhīṣma is perplexed and looks askance. At his wit’s end, he hesitates in answering the question of Draupadī, and then somehow manages to say that the \*dharma\* is very subtle and he is unable to decide on either side, because arguments can be advanced from both sides. It is true that having become a slave, Yudhiṣṭhira had no right to put her on bet, but then it is also true that he continues to be her husband even as a slave, and as a husband he had right to bet on her.⁶⁷ Only Vidura and Vikarṇa (the youngest brother of the Kauravas) stand in Draupadī’s defence. - [Previous: c6.s3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.18) - [Next: c6.s3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.20) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.19) · Pramāṇa