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शिष्यार्थं प्रददौ चापि द्रोणाय कुरुपुंगव । शिखण्डिनं महाराज पुत्रं स्त्रीपूर्विणं तथा॥५-१९३-५६॥
And for the sake of training as a disciple, he entrusted Śikhaṇḍin to Droṇa—O foremost of the Kurus—his son, one who had formerly borne a female identity.
english translation
प्रतिपेदे चतुष्पादं धनुर्वेदं नृपात्मजः । शिखण्डी सह युष्माभिर्धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः॥५-१९३-५७॥
The prince mastered the fourfold discipline of dhanurveda, the science of archery; Śikhaṇḍin mastered it together with you, and so too did Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pārṣata (Drupada).
english translation
मम त्वेतच्चरास्तात यथावत्प्रत्यवेदयन् । जडान्धबधिराकारा ये युक्ता द्रुपदे मया॥५-१९३-५८॥
But my agents, dear lord, reported this matter to me exactly as it was—those whom I had stationed with Drupada, assuming the guise of the dull-witted, the blind, and the deaf.
english translation
एवमेष महाराज स्त्रीपुमान्द्रुपदात्मजः । संभूतः कौरवश्रेष्ठ शिखण्डी रथसत्तमः॥५-१९३-५९॥
Thus, O great king, Drupada’s child came to be of a nature both female and male; O best of the Kurus, this Śikhaṇḍin became an excellent chariot-warrior.
english translation
ज्येष्ठा काशिपतेः कन्या अम्बा नामेति विश्रुता । द्रुपदस्य कुले जाता शिखण्डी भरतर्षभ॥५-१९३-६०॥
The eldest daughter of the lord of Kāśī, renowned by the name Ambā, was born in Drupada’s lineage as Śikhaṇḍin, O bull among the Bharatas.
english translation