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तत्र वक्रं, कुण्ठं, खण्डं, खरधारम्, अतिस्थूलम्, अत्यल्पम्, अतिदीर्घम्, अतिह्रस्वम्, इत्यष्टौ शस्त्रदोषाः | अतो विपरीतगुणमाददीत, अन्यत्र करपत्रात्; तद्धि खरधारमस्थिच्छेदनार्थम् ||९||

There, the eight faults of a weapon are: crooked, lame, broken, with a rough edge, too thick, too small, too long, and too short. One should take one with opposite qualities, except for a razor; that has a rough edge for cutting bone.

english translation

tatra vakraM, kuNThaM, khaNDaM, kharadhAram, atisthUlam, atyalpam, atidIrgham, atihrasvam, ityaSTau zastradoSAH | ato viparItaguNamAdadIta, anyatra karapatrAt; taddhi kharadhAramasthicchedanArtham ||9||

hk transliteration by Sanscript