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विसृज्य दूतं दाशार्णं द्रुपदः शोककर्शितः । समेत्य भार्यां रहिते वाक्यमाह नराधिपः॥५-१८१-११॥
Having dismissed the Dāśārṇa messenger, Drupada—worn down by grief—met his wife in private and spoke these words, O ruler of men.
english translation
भयेन महताविष्टो हृदि शोकेन चाहतः । पाञ्चालराजो दयितां मातरं वै शिखण्डिनः॥५-१८१-१२॥
Overwhelmed by great fear and struck in his heart by grief, the Pāñcāla king addressed his beloved—Śikhaṇḍin’s mother.
english translation
अभियास्यति मां कोपात्संबन्धी सुमहाबलः । हिरण्यवर्मा नृपतिः कर्षमाणो वरूथिनीम्॥५-१८१-१३॥
‘Our kinsman, the exceedingly powerful King Hiraṇyavarmā, will advance against me in anger, drawing his armed host along.’
english translation
किमिदानीं करिष्यामि मूढः कन्यामिमां प्रति । शिखण्डी किल पुत्रस्ते कन्येति परिशङ्कितः॥५-१८१-१४॥
“What am I to do now, I who acted without discernment toward this girl? It is suspected that Śikhaṇḍī—presented as your son—is in truth a girl.”
english translation
इति निश्चित्य तत्त्वेन समित्रः सबलानुगः । वञ्चितोऽस्मीति मन्वानो मां किलोद्धर्तुमिच्छति॥५-१८१-१५॥
“Having thus determined the matter as it truly is, he—together with his allies and forces—believing, ‘I have been deceived,’ now intends to remove me from power.”
english translation