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)