कर्मान्तरे तदा विप्रा हेतुवादान्बहूनपि | प्राहुः स्म वाग्मिनो धीराः परस्परजिगीषया || १-१४-१९
svalaMkR^itaaH ca puruShaa braahmaNaan paryaveShayan | upaasante ca taan anye sumR^iShTa maNi kuNDalaaH || 1-14-18
Translation
Those eminent Brahmans that are good debaters have debated many intellectual debates to defeat each other, during the gap-periods of ritual works. [1-14-19]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
tadaa dhiiraaH vipraaH
then, intellectual, Brahmans
karmaantare
rituals in interludes
parasparajigiiShayaa
to defeat each other
bahuun hetuvaadan
many, intellectual debates - arts of reasoning
sma vaagminaH praahuH
good debaters, have debated.
Chapter context
Ashvamedha commenced as preamble to Putrakameshti ritual
58 verses · Verse 19 of 58
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