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# Anandakanda 1.23.56

Ānandakanda 1.23.56

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.23.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.56)

sa nāgo dravate yāvattāvadevaṃ dhametpriye /  
yāvanna yāti kāṭhinyaṃ tāvannaiva dhametsudhīḥ //

> One should blow with the bellows only as long as that lead melts, O beloved; / as long as it does not reach hardness, the wise one should not blow at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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