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स्त्रीभावे परिनिर्विण्णा पुंस्त्वार्थे कृतनिश्चया । भीष्मे प्रतिचिकीर्षामि नास्मि वार्येति वै पुनः॥५-१८८-६॥
Disenchanted with womanhood and resolved to obtain manhood, I mean to act against Bhīṣma; and again and again I declare: “I am not to be restrained.”
english translation
तां देवो दर्शयामास शूलपाणिरुमापतिः । मध्ये तेषां महर्षीणां स्वेन रूपेण भामिनीम्॥५-१८८-७॥
Then the god Śūlapāṇi, the consort of Umā, revealed himself to her in his own form, in the midst of those great seers—before the impassioned woman.
english translation
छन्द्यमाना वरेणाथ सा वव्रे मत्पराजयम् । वधिष्यसीति तां देवः प्रत्युवाच मनस्विनीम्॥५-१८८-८॥
When invited to choose a boon, she chose my defeat. The god replied to that high-minded woman: “You will bring about his destruction.”
english translation
ततः सा पुनरेवाथ कन्या रुद्रमुवाच ह । उपपद्येत्कथं देव स्त्रियो मम जयो युधि । स्त्रीभावेन च मे गाढं मनः शान्तमुमापते॥५-१८८-९॥
Then the maiden spoke again to Rudra: “How could victory in battle be possible for me as a woman, O god? Moreover, in the state of womanhood my mind is deeply stilled, O husband of Umā.”
english translation
प्रतिश्रुतश्च भूतेश त्वया भीष्मपराजयः । यथा स सत्यो भवति तथा कुरु वृषध्वज । यथा हन्यां समागम्य भीष्मं शांतनवं युधि॥५-१८८-१०॥
O Lord of beings, you have promised Bhīṣma’s defeat. Make it become true, O Vṛṣadhvaja—so that, meeting him in battle, I may bring down Bhīṣma Śāṃtanava.”
english translation