Debate Between Gargi And Yajnavalkya

Gargi and yajnavalkya s exchange centered on the ultimate warp of reality warp means the basic foundation or material of a structure or entity.

Debate between gargi and yajnavalkya. She held repeated arguments with him. Once janaka performed a sacrifice in which gifts were freely distributed. Uddalaka challenges him and yajnavalkya answers all their questions and defeats them in the debate. Gargi as brahmavadini composed several hymns in rigveda in x 39.

It may be recalled that in section vi yajnavalkya had avoided answering gargi s question what is the ultimate cause of the manifested world denoted by brahman. A dialog between gargi and yajnavalkya. He was the ruler of mithila. Janaka was a philosopher king of ancient india.

Gargi as one of the disputants in the debate questioned yajnavalkya on his claim of superiority among the scholars. It is not clear who won the debate. A lesson or two to learn. In this section she seeks permission of the assembly to question him again on the same issue.

Gargi was honoured as one of the navaratnas nine gems in the court of king janaka of mithila. Among them was the women sage gargi the daughter od vachaknu who is wise and well versed in vedas. The yoga yajnavalkya a classical text on yoga is a dialogue between gargi and sage yajnavalkya. On the worlds of the gandharvas gargi yajnavalakya put an end to the debate by telling gargi not to proceed further as otherwise she would lose her mental balance.

V 28 that questioned the origin of all existence. Vedic scholars from the far off. The second dialogue between yajnavalkya and gargi. Story of yajnavalkya and gargi.