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Mahabharat

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श्रद्दधानो हि तद्वाक्यं देवस्याद्भुततेजसः । छादयामास तां कन्यां पुमानिति च सोऽब्रवीत्॥५-१८९-१६॥

Trusting the word of that deity of wondrous radiance, he concealed the girl and declared, “(This child) is male.”

english translation

जातकर्माणि सर्वाणि कारयामास पार्थिवः । पुंवद्विधानयुक्तानि शिखण्डीति च तां विदुः॥५-१८९-१७॥

The king had all the birth-rites performed in accordance with the procedures prescribed for a male child; and the child came to be known as Śikhaṇḍin.

english translation

अहमेकस्तु चारेण वचनान्नारदस्य च । ज्ञातवान्देववाक्येन अम्बायास्तपसा तथा॥५-१८९-१८॥

I alone learned it—through intelligence-gathering, through Nārada’s report, through divine testimony, and also through Amba’s austerities.

english translation