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भीष्म उवाच । चकार यत्नं द्रुपदः सर्वस्मिन्स्वजने महत् । ततो लेख्यादिषु तथा शिल्पेषु च परं गता । इष्वस्त्रे चैव राजेन्द्र द्रोणशिष्यो बभूव ह॥५-१९०-१॥
Bhīṣma said: Drupada made great efforts to set all things in order within his household. Thereafter, the child excelled in writing and other disciplines, and in the arts; and, O king, in archery as well—Śikhaṇḍin became a pupil of Droṇa.
english translation
तस्य माता महाराज राजानं वरवर्णिनी । चोदयामास भार्यार्थं कन्यायाः पुत्रवत्तदा॥५-१९०-२॥
O great king, the child’s mother—of excellent complexion—then urged the king to arrange a wife for the child, treating the matter as one would for a son.
english translation
ततस्तां पार्षतो दृष्ट्वा कन्यां संप्राप्तयौवनाम् । स्त्रियं मत्वा तदा चिन्तां प्रपेदे सह भार्यया॥५-१९०-३॥
Then Pārṣata (Drupada), seeing the girl reach maturity, and regarding her as female, fell into anxiety together with his wife.
english translation
द्रुपद उवाच । कन्या ममेयं संप्राप्ता यौवनं शोकवर्धिनी । मया प्रच्छादिता चेयं वचनाच्छूलपाणिनः॥५-१९०-४॥
Drupada said: This daughter of mine has reached maturity, increasing my distress. I concealed her identity in accordance with the word of Śūlapāṇi (Śiva).
english translation
न तन्मिथ्या महाराज्ञि भविष्यति कथंचन । त्रैलोक्यकर्ता कस्माद्धि तन्मृषा कर्तुमर्हति॥५-१९०-५॥
O queen, that will not prove false in any way. For why would the creator of the three worlds be fit to make that untrue?
english translation