तं शशाप सुसंक्रुद्धो धनदः कुरुनन्दन ॥
एवम् एव भवत्व् अस्य स्त्रीत्वं पापस्य गुह्यकाः ॥
ततो ऽब्रवीद् यक्षपतिर् महात्मा; यस्माद् अदास् त्व् अवमन्येह यक्षान् ॥
शिखण्डिने लक्षणं पापबुद्धे; स्त्रीलक्षणं चाग्रहीः पापकर्मन् ॥
अप्रवृत्तं सुदुर्बुद्धे यस्माद् एतत् कृतं त्वया ॥
तस्माद् अद्य प्रभृत्य् एव त्वं स्त्री स पुरुषस् तथा ॥
ततः प्रसादयाम् आसुर् यक्षा वैश्रवणं किल ॥
स्थूणस्यार्थे कुरुष्वान्तं शापस्येति पुनः पुनः ॥
ततो महात्मा यक्षेन्द्रः प्रत्युवाचानुगामिनः ॥
सर्वान् यक्षगणांस् तात शापस्यान्तचिकीर्षया ॥
taṃ śaśāpa susaṃkruddho dhanadaḥ kurunandana ||
evam eva bhavatv asya strītvaṃ pāpasya guhyakāḥ ||
tato 'bravīd yakṣapatir mahātmā; yasmād adās tv avamanyeha yakṣān ||
śikhaṇḍine lakṣaṇaṃ pāpabuddhe; strīlakṣaṇaṃ cāgrahīḥ pāpakarman ||
apravṛttaṃ sudurbuddhe yasmād etat kṛtaṃ tvayā ||
tasmād adya prabhṛty eva tvaṃ strī sa puruṣas tathā ||
tataḥ prasādayām āsur yakṣā vaiśravaṇaṃ kila ||
sthūṇasyārthe kuruṣvāntaṃ śāpasyeti punaḥ punaḥ ||
tato mahātmā yakṣendraḥ pratyuvācānugāminaḥ ||
sarvān yakṣagaṇāṃs tāta śāpasyāntacikīrṣayā ||
Greatly enraged, the Giver of Wealth cursed him, O descendant of Kuru: 'O guhyakas, let the womanhood of this wicked being remain just so.' Then the great lord of the yakshas said: 'Since you, O evil-minded one, disregarding the yakshas here, gave Shikhandin the mark of a man and took that of a woman upon yourself, O doer of evil deeds, and since you, most foolish one, did this unprecedented thing, from this day you shall be a woman, and he shall be a man in the same way.' Then the yakshas again and again sought to appease Vaishravana: 'For Sthuna's sake, set a limit to this curse.' Then the great king of the yakshas, wishing to bound the curse, replied to all the accompanying hosts of yakshas.
bba21a753382 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:41:26 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
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.