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Verse 1.235

जीवेन शस्त्रं बध्नीयाज्जीवेनैव विकाशयेत्। जीवेन प्रक्षिपेच्छस्त्रं युद्धे जयति सर्वदा

One should bind the weapon with the breath, expand it with the breath, and cast the weapon with the breath; in battle, he who does this always conquers. This verse reveals that the true instrument of action is not the physical object held…

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