[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.s3.33 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.33 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.33 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.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. - [Previous: c6.s3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.32) - [Next: c6.s3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.34) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.33) · Pramāṇa