यक्षा ऊचुः
द्रुपदस्य सुता राजन् राज्ञो जाता शिखण्डिनी ॥
तस्यै निमित्ते कस्मिंश् चित् प्रादात् पुरुषलक्षणम् ॥
अग्रहील् लक्षणं स्त्रीणां स्त्रीभूतस् तिष्ठते गृहे ॥
नोपसर्पति तेनासौ सव्रीडः स्त्रीस्वरूपवान् ॥
एतस्मात् कारणाद् राजन् स्थूणो न त्वाद्य पश्यति ॥
श्रुत्वा कुरु यथान्यायं विमानम् इह तिष्ठताम् ॥
भीष्म उवाच
आनीयतां स्थूण इति ततो यक्षाधिपो ऽब्रवीत् ॥
कर्तास्मि निग्रहं तस्येत्य् उवाच स पुनः पुनः ॥
सो ऽभ्यगच्छत यक्षेन्द्रम् आहूतः पृथिवीपते ॥
स्त्रीस्वरूपो महाराज तस्थौ व्रीडासमन्वितः ॥
yakṣā ūcuḥ
drupadasya sutā rājan rājño jātā śikhaṇḍinī ||
tasyai nimitte kasmiṃś cit prādāt puruṣalakṣaṇam ||
agrahīl lakṣaṇaṃ strīṇāṃ strībhūtas tiṣṭhate gṛhe ||
nopasarpati tenāsau savrīḍaḥ strīsvarūpavān ||
etasmāt kāraṇād rājan sthūṇo na tvādya paśyati ||
śrutvā kuru yathānyāyaṃ vimānam iha tiṣṭhatām ||
bhīṣma uvāca
ānīyatāṃ sthūṇa iti tato yakṣādhipo 'bravīt ||
kartāsmi nigrahaṃ tasyety uvāca sa punaḥ punaḥ ||
so 'bhyagacchata yakṣendram āhūtaḥ pṛthivīpate ||
strīsvarūpo mahārāja tasthau vrīḍāsamanvitaḥ ||
The yakshas said: 'O king, a daughter, Shikhandini, was born to King Drupada. For a certain reason Sthuna gave her the mark of a man and himself took on that of a woman. Having become a woman, he stays at home and does not come before you, for he is ashamed and bears a woman's form. For this reason, O king, Sthuna does not appear before you today. Having heard this, act according to what is right, while your celestial chariot still stands here.' Bhishma said: 'Then the lord of the yakshas said, "Let Sthuna be brought. I will punish him," repeating this again and again. Summoned, he came before the king of the yakshas, O lord of the earth; in a woman's form he stood, filled with shame, O great king.'
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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 favor saves Drupada from war and makes Shikhandin a man, but that favor comes at a price — Kubera punishes Sthuna for the unauthorized breach of order. Bhishma learned all this from his spies, and so sees in Shikhandin not an ordinary warrior but the former Amba, born for his destruction. His refusal to fight one who had been 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.