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प्रतिप्रयाते दाशार्णे पार्थिवे हेमवर्मणि । कन्यैवाहं भविष्यामि पुरुषस्त्वं भविष्यसि॥५-१९३-६॥
“When the Daśārṇa king Hemavarman has departed, I shall again be a maiden, and you shall be a man.”
english translation
भीष्म उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा समयं तत्र चक्राते तावुभौ नृप । अन्योन्यस्यानभिद्रोहे तौ संक्रामयतां ततः॥५-१९३-७॥
Bhīṣma said: “Having spoken thus, those two, O king, made an agreement there. Then, with mutual non-hostility assured, they effected the transfer.”
english translation
स्त्रीलिङ्गं धारयामास स्थूणो यक्षो नराधिप । यक्षरूपं च तद्दीप्तं शिखण्डी प्रत्यपद्यत॥५-१९३-८॥
O ruler of men, the Yakṣa Sthūṇa assumed the female sex-characteristics, and Śikhaṇḍin took on that radiant Yakṣa-form.
english translation
ततः शिखण्डी पाञ्चाल्यः पुंस्त्वमासाद्य पार्थिव । विवेश नगरं हृष्टः पितरं च समासदत् । यथावृत्तं तु तत्सर्वमाचख्यौ द्रुपदस्य च॥५-१९३-९॥
Then Śikhaṇḍin of Pañcāla, having attained manhood, entered the city in gladness and approached his father; and he related to Drupada, exactly as it had happened, all that had occurred.
english translation
द्रुपदस्तस्य तच्छ्रुत्वा हर्षमाहारयत्परम् । सभार्यस्तच्च सस्मार महेश्वरवचस्तदा॥५-१९३-१०॥
Hearing this, Drupada was filled with exceeding joy; and together with his wife, he then recalled the words of Maheśvara.
english translation