Living with Śiva

Saṅkalpa Śakti Vardhanam
संकल्पशक्तिवर्धनम्

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Harnessing
Willpower

O All-Knowing God, that powerful strength with which sacrifice endows you, the strength of the sun, the strength of the elephant, King among men—may the two Spirits, garlanded with lotus, vouchsafe that to me! Behold the elephant, best of all creatures to mount and to ride! I anoint myself with his share of strength, with his elephant splendor!§

Atharva Veda 3.22.4; 6. VE, P. 344 §