Narapatijayacarya 3.1.3.25-2

Upon a question posed regarding two combatants, when [the breath] is in the full [channel], the first is victorious; / but when it abides in the empty, the second becomes victorious—not otherwise.

On "in distant battle": in battle from a distant place, when there is battle in a place where arrows and the like are shot, the Moon is the left breath; here, some [say] that in distant battle, [meaning] in battle extending over a long time, the Moon's breath [is used]; in close combat, in battle waged with swords and the like, the Sun, the right breath, is praised; some explain that in close combat, [meaning] in battle waged in a short time, the Sun's breath is praised. And a military march is to be made with the foot of the flowing channel; that is, whichever breath flows, left or right—if it flows on the left, one should first move the left foot; if it flows on the right, one should first move the right foot; when a step is made in this way, the march becomes successful. "Whether the Sun flows" is easy to understand. On "in earth and water": in the elements of earth and water, in the element of earth and in water, the fruit is auspicious; [in fire] mixed. In ether and wind, for men they cause loss and death; in ether loss, loss of the undertaking; in wind death or suffering is to be predicted. On "water": one should declare the color of earth and the rest for the thing queried by the querent. On "two combatants": upon the query, "between the two warriors, who will be the victor?", if the question is asked when [the breath] is in the full channel, the first is victorious—he whose name was first pronounced is to be declared the victor; now, when it abides in the empty, if the query is in the empty-channel breath, between the two warriors, he whose name was pronounced later is to be declared the victor, such is the meaning. "Not otherwise"