भीष्म उवाच
ततः शिखण्डिनो माता यथातत्त्वं नराधिप ॥
आचचक्षे महाबाहो भर्त्रे कन्यां शिखण्डिनीम् ॥
अपुत्रया मया राजन् सपत्नीनां भयाद् इदम् ॥
कन्या शिखण्डिनी जाता पुरुषो वै निवेदितः ॥
त्वया चैव नरश्रेष्ठ तन् मे प्रीत्यानुमोदितम् ॥
पुत्रकर्म कृतं चैव कन्यायाः पार्थिवर्षभ ॥
भार्या चोढा त्वया राजन् दशार्णाधिपतेः सुता ॥
त्वया च प्राग् अभिहितं देववाक्यार्थदर्शनात् ॥
कन्या भूत्वा पुमान् भावीत्य् एवं चैतद् उपेक्षितम् ॥
एतच् छ्रुत्वा द्रुपदो यज्ञसेनः; सर्वं तत्त्वं मन्त्रविद्भ्यो निवेद्य ॥
मन्त्रं राजा मन्त्रयाम् आस राजन्; यद् यद् युक्तं रक्षणे वै प्रजानाम् ॥
bhīṣma uvāca
tataḥ śikhaṇḍino mātā yathātattvaṃ narādhipa ||
ācacakṣe mahābāho bhartre kanyāṃ śikhaṇḍinīm ||
aputrayā mayā rājan sapatnīnāṃ bhayād idam ||
kanyā śikhaṇḍinī jātā puruṣo vai niveditaḥ ||
tvayā caiva naraśreṣṭha tan me prītyānumoditam ||
putrakarma kṛtaṃ caiva kanyāyāḥ pārthivarṣabha ||
bhāryā coḍhā tvayā rājan daśārṇādhipateḥ sutā ||
tvayā ca prāg abhihitaṃ devavākyārthadarśanāt ||
kanyā bhūtvā pumān bhāvīty evaṃ caitad upekṣitam ||
etac chrutvā drupado yajñasenaḥ; sarvaṃ tattvaṃ mantravidbhyo nivedya ||
mantraṃ rājā mantrayām āsa rājan; yad yad yuktaṃ rakṣaṇe vai prajānām ||
Bhishma said: 'Then, O king, the mother of Shikhandin told her husband the whole truth about the girl Shikhandini. "O king, being without a son and fearing my co-wives, I declared that the girl born to us, Shikhandini, was a boy. And you, O best of men, out of affection, approved this. The rites due to a son were performed for the girl, O bull among kings. You took for her, as wife, the daughter of the lord of Dashārna, O king. And before this you had also said, understanding the meaning of the divine utterance: 'Having been born a girl, she will become a man' — and so the matter was let pass unheeded." Hearing this, Drupada, called Yajnasena, told the whole truth to his counselors and began, O king, to take counsel on what should be done to protect his subjects.'
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
This chapter turns Shikhandin's secret from a palace anxiety into a personal feat. The mother reveals the truth to Drupada: the lie arose from the fear of childlessness and rival wives, but it held only because of faith in Shiva's word. Drupada tries to join two levels of action — the human defense of the city and worship of the gods. Shikhandini, for her part, takes her parents' suffering upon herself and goes into the forest, where the possibility of a change of sex arises through a yaksha's grace. Amba's fate here becomes not an abstract curse but a concrete movement of compassion, shame, vow, and superhuman help.