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तं शशाप सुसंक्रुद्धो धनदः कुरुनन्दन । एवमेव भवत्वस्य स्त्रीत्वं पापस्य गुह्यकाः॥५-१९३-४१॥
“Dhanada (Kubera), intensely angered, pronounced a curse upon him, O descendant of Kuru: ‘Let this very state of womanhood remain upon this wrongdoer, O Guhyakas.’”
english translation
ततोऽब्रवीद्यक्षपतिर्महात्मा यस्माददास्त्ववमन्येह यक्षान् । शिखण्डिने लक्षणं पापबुद्धे स्त्रीलक्षणं चाग्रहीः पापकर्मन्॥५-१९३-४२॥
“Then the great-souled lord of the Yakṣas said: ‘Because you gave (it) and yet showed contempt for the Yakṣas here, O evil-minded one—because you gave Śikhaṇḍin the marks of manhood and took upon yourself the marks of womanhood, O doer of wrongful deeds—’”
english translation
अप्रवृत्तं सुदुर्बुद्धे यस्मादेतत्कृतं त्वया । तस्मादद्य प्रभृत्येव त्वं स्त्री स पुरुषस्तथा॥५-१९३-४३॥
“Since you, of very poor judgment, committed this improper act, therefore from today onward you shall be female, and that one shall correspondingly be male.”
english translation
ततः प्रसादयामासुर्यक्षा वैश्रवणं किल । स्थूणस्यार्थे कुरुष्वान्तं शापस्येति पुनः पुनः॥५-१९३-४४॥
Thereafter, the Yakṣas are said to have repeatedly sought to conciliate Vaiśravaṇa, pleading: “For Sthūṇa’s sake, bring the curse to an end.”
english translation
ततो महात्मा यक्षेन्द्रः प्रत्युवाचानुगामिनः । सर्वान्यक्षगणांस्तात शापस्यान्तचिकीर्षया॥५-१९३-४५॥
Then the great-souled lord of the Yakṣas replied to his attendants—all the Yakṣa hosts, dear one—intent on bringing the curse to its conclusion.
english translation