ततः संमन्त्रयाम् आस मित्रैः सह महीपतिः ॥
हिरण्यवर्मा राजेन्द्र पाञ्चाल्यं पार्थिवं प्रति ॥
तत्र वै निश्चितं तेषाम् अभूद् राज्ञां महात्मनाम् ॥
तथ्यं चेद् भवति ह्य् एतत् कन्या राजञ् शिखण्डिनी ॥
बद्ध्वा पाञ्चालराजानम् आनयिष्यामहे गृहान् ॥
अन्यं राजानम् आधाय पाञ्चालेषु नरेश्वरम् ॥
घातयिष्याम नृपतिं द्रुपदं सशिखण्डिनम् ॥
स तदा दूतम् आज्ञाय पुनः क्षत्तारम् ईश्वरः ॥
प्रास्थापयत् पार्षताय हन्मीति त्वां स्थिरो भव ॥
स प्रकृत्या च वै भीरुः किल्बिषी च नराधिपः ॥
भयं तीव्रम् अनुप्राप्तो द्रुपदः पृथिवीपतिः ॥
tataḥ saṃmantrayām āsa mitraiḥ saha mahīpatiḥ ||
hiraṇyavarmā rājendra pāñcālyaṃ pārthivaṃ prati ||
tatra vai niścitaṃ teṣām abhūd rājñāṃ mahātmanām ||
tathyaṃ ced bhavati hy etat kanyā rājañ śikhaṇḍinī ||
baddhvā pāñcālarājānam ānayiṣyāmahe gṛhān ||
anyaṃ rājānam ādhāya pāñcāleṣu nareśvaram ||
ghātayiṣyāma nṛpatiṃ drupadaṃ saśikhaṇḍinam ||
sa tadā dūtam ājñāya punaḥ kṣattāram īśvaraḥ ||
prāsthāpayat pārṣatāya hanmīti tvāṃ sthiro bhava ||
sa prakṛtyā ca vai bhīruḥ kilbiṣī ca narādhipaḥ ||
bhayaṃ tīvram anuprāpto drupadaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ ||
Then the lord of the earth Hiranyavarman, O king, began to confer with his friends about the Panchala ruler. There, among these great-souled kings, a firm decision was reached: 'If it is indeed true, O king, that Shikhandini is a girl, then we shall bind the king of Panchala and bring him to our home. Having installed another king over the Panchalas, we shall kill king Drupada together with Shikhandin.' Then the lord once more commanded his messenger, the chamberlain, to go to the son of Prishata, and sent him forth with the words: 'I will kill you; be steadfast.' And Drupada, the earthly lord, timid by nature and conscious of his guilt, was overtaken by intense fear, O king.
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This chapter reveals the cost of a hidden truth. Drupada trusts Shiva's word, yet political reality demands an immediate response: Hiranyavarman takes what has happened as a deception against his lineage and prepares a campaign. Drupada's fear is not mere weakness; it is the fear of a man who has tried to hold a divine pronouncement within the bounds of human rites and social agreements. The conversation with his wife becomes a turn toward truth: now the secret must not only be kept but rightly disclosed, so as to protect Shikhandin and the kingdom.