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तामुवाच महादेवः कन्यां किल वृषध्वजः । न मे वागनृतं भद्रे प्राह सत्यं भविष्यति॥५-१८८-११॥
Mahādeva, Vṛṣadhvaja, addressed the maiden: “My speech is not false, O auspicious one. What has been spoken will become true.”
english translation
वधिष्यसि रणे भीष्मं पुरुषत्वं च लप्स्यसे । स्मरिष्यसि च तत्सर्वं देहमन्यं गता सती॥५-१८८-१२॥
“You will bring down Bhīṣma in battle, and you will obtain manhood. And, having gone to another body, you will remember all of that.”
english translation
द्रुपदस्य कुले जाता भविष्यसि महारथः । शीघ्रास्त्रश्चित्रयोधी च भविष्यसि सुसंमतः॥५-१८८-१३॥
Born in the lineage of Drupada, you shall become a great chariot-warrior; swift in the use of weapons and manifold in battle-craft, you shall be widely esteemed.
english translation
यथोक्तमेव कल्याणि सर्वमेतद्भविष्यति । भविष्यसि पुमान्पश्चात्कस्माच्चित्कालपर्ययात्॥५-१८८-१४॥
Even as I have spoken, auspicious one, all this shall come to pass. After a certain turning of time, you shall become male.
english translation
एवमुक्त्वा महातेजाः कपर्दी वृषभध्वजः । पश्यतामेव विप्राणां तत्रैवान्तरधीयत॥५-१८८-१५॥
Having spoken thus, the greatly radiant one—Kapardī, whose banner bears the bull—vanished then and there, even as the Brahmins looked on.
english translation