The men, skilled in arms, say that the means, either covered or open, which can vanquish the enemy, is to be called the (true) weapon and not that which cuts.
प्रच्छन्नो वा प्रकाशो वा योगो योऽरिं प्रबाधते। तद् वै शस्त्रं शस्त्रविदां न शस्त्रं छेदनं स्मृतम्॥