तत आसादयाम् आस पुरोधा द्रुपदं पुरे ॥
तस्मै पाञ्चालको राजा गाम् अर्घ्यं च सुसत्कृतम् ॥
प्रापयाम् आस राजेन्द्र सह तेन शिखण्डिना ॥
तां पूजां नाभ्यनन्दत् स वाक्यं चेदम् उवाच ह ॥
यद् उक्तं तेन वीरेण राज्ञा काञ्चनवर्मणा ॥
यत् ते ऽहम् अधमाचार दुहित्रर्थे ऽस्मि वञ्चितः ॥
तस्य पापस्य करणात् फलं प्राप्नुहि दुर्मते ॥
देहि युद्धं नरपते ममाद्य रणमूर्धनि ॥
उद्धरिष्यामि ते सद्यः सामात्यसुतबान्धवम् ॥
तद् उपालम्भसंयुक्तं श्रावितः किल पार्थिवः ॥
दशार्णपतिदूतेन मन्त्रिमध्ये पुरोधसा ॥
tata āsādayām āsa purodhā drupadaṃ pure ||
tasmai pāñcālako rājā gām arghyaṃ ca susatkṛtam ||
prāpayām āsa rājendra saha tena śikhaṇḍinā ||
tāṃ pūjāṃ nābhyanandat sa vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha ||
yad uktaṃ tena vīreṇa rājñā kāñcanavarmaṇā ||
yat te 'ham adhamācāra duhitrarthe 'smi vañcitaḥ ||
tasya pāpasya karaṇāt phalaṃ prāpnuhi durmate ||
dehi yuddhaṃ narapate mamādya raṇamūrdhani ||
uddhariṣyāmi te sadyaḥ sāmātyasutabāndhavam ||
tad upālambhasaṃyuktaṃ śrāvitaḥ kila pārthivaḥ ||
daśārṇapatidūtena mantrimadhye purodhasā ||
Then the purohita arrived at Drupada's city. The king of Panchala, O king, together with Shikhandin, offered him a cow and an honorable gift with great respect. But he did not accept this honor, and spoke these words, uttered by the heroic king Kanchana-varman: "O man of base conduct, for your daughter's sake you deceived me in the matter of my own daughter. For committing this sin, receive its fruit, O evil-minded one. Give me battle today, O lord of men, on the field of war. I will at once root you out together with your ministers, sons, and kin." Such a reproachful speech the earthly lord heard among his counselors from the purohita, the envoy of the lord of Dashārna.
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This chapter completes the story of Shikhandin: Amba's fate takes effective form through a temporary exchange of sex with the yaksha Sthuna. The yaksha's grace saves Drupada from war and makes Shikhandin a man, but the grace itself has a price: Kubera punishes Sthuna for willfully breaking the order of things. Bhishma has heard all this from his spies, and so sees in Shikhandin not an ordinary warrior but the former Amba, born for his death. His refusal to fight one who was a woman becomes not weakness but the continuation of his own vow and the boundary of dharma that he does not cross even in battle.