braced

positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger; "he stood to attention with his shoulders braced"

ब्रह्माण्ड की परम सत्ता जहां प्रकृति के बन्धन से मुक्त है, उसे निर्गुण और जहां बन्धनयुक्त है, उसे सगुण कहते हैं।

Probably this was a sign of the country having arrived politically and of getting braced up for the economic tasks ahead.