Brihat Samhita

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क्षारे कदल्या मथितेन युक्ते दिनौषिते पायितं आयसं यत् । सम्यक्शितं चाश्मनि नैति भङ्गं न चान्यलोहेष्वपि तस्य कौण्ठ्यम् ॥ ५०-२६ ॥

Salt shall be dissolved in the juice of the plantain and the juice shall be kept so for a day; if the weapon be tempered in it the next day, it will not break when rubbed against the whetstone, and no other metal can injure it in any way.

english translation

kSAre kadalyA mathitena yukte dinauSite pAyitaM AyasaM yat । samyakzitaM cAzmani naiti bhaGgaM na cAnyaloheSvapi tasya kauNThyam ॥ 50-26 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript