Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.33

c6.s3.33

This was the argument from Duryodhana’s side. What Vikarṇa and Vidura were trying to establish can be logistically summarized in the following way:
• Yudhiṣṭhira was not authorized to put Draupadī on stake in the game of dice because he was not in his senses when he started playing the game.
• The stake was also illegal because Yudhiṣṭhira had become a slave, hence he had lost his rights on any property and was not authorized to stake claim on any property.
• Therefore the game he played after having become a slave is illegal.