Progress:96.1%
दुर्योधन उवाच । कथं शिखण्डी गाङ्गेय कन्या भूत्वा सती तदा । पुरुषोऽभवद्युधि श्रेष्ठ तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह॥५-१८९-१॥
Duryodhana said: “How did Śikhaṇḍin, O Gāṅgeya, having been a maiden at that time, become a man? O foremost in battle, tell me that, Grandfather.”
english translation
भीष्म उवाच । भार्या तु तस्य राजेन्द्र द्रुपदस्य महीपतेः । महिषी दयिता ह्यासीदपुत्रा च विशां पते॥५-१८९-२॥
Bhīṣma said: “O lord of kings, Drupada’s wife—the beloved chief queen—was without a son, O ruler of the people.”
english translation
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु द्रुपदो वै महीपतिः । अपत्यार्थं महाराज तोषयामास शंकरम्॥५-१८९-३॥
At that very time, Drupada, the king, O great king, sought to please Śaṅkara for the sake of offspring.
english translation
अस्मद्वधार्थं निश्चित्य तपो घोरं समास्थितः । लेभे कन्यां महादेवात्पुत्रो मे स्यादिति ब्रुवन्॥५-१८९-४॥
Having resolved upon our death as his objective, he undertook severe austerities; from Mahādeva he obtained a daughter, while saying, “May a son be mine.”
english translation
भगवन्पुत्रमिच्छामि भीष्मं प्रतिचिकीर्षया । इत्युक्तो देवदेवेन स्त्रीपुमांस्ते भविष्यति॥५-१८९-५॥
“Venerable Lord, I desire a son in order to act against Bhīṣma.” Thus addressed, the God of gods replied: “Your child will be female-and-male—born a daughter, and later becoming male.”
english translation