Chapter 14 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 14.17

कर्मान्तरे तदा विप्रा हेतुवादान् बहूनपि। प्राहुः सुवाग्मिनो धीराः परस्परजिगीषया॥

karmāntare tadā viprā hetuvādān bahūnapi| prāhuḥ suvāgmino dhīrāḥ parasparajigīṣayā||

English Meaning

In the interval between the completion of one bath and the beginning of the next, mild and eloquent Vipras, desirous of victory, engaged in various disputations.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)