Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 10: The Divine Glories

Bhagavad Gita 10.32

sargāṇāmādirantaśca madhyaṃ caivāhamarjuna | adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṃ vādaḥ pravadatāmaham ||

Of all creations I am the beginning, the end, and the middle, Arjuna. Among kinds of knowledge I am knowledge of the self; among those who debate, I am honest reasoning.

Modern context

Among kinds of knowledge, knowledge of the self; among those who argue, vada, honest reasoning aimed at truth. Indian logic distinguished vada from two other kinds of debate: arguing simply to win, and arguing only to tear down the other side. The divine is in the first only. Discussion that seeks the truth, even when it disagrees, is sacred. Discussion that seeks only victory is not.