यक्ष उवाच
शप्तो वैश्रवणेनास्मि त्वत्कृते पार्थिवात्मज ॥
गच्छेदानीं यथाकामं चर लोकान् यथासुखम् ॥
दिष्टम् एतत् पुरा मन्ये न शक्यम् अतिवर्तितुम् ॥
गमनं तव चेतो हि पौलस्त्यस्य च दर्शनम् ॥
भीष्म उवाच
एवम् उक्तः शिखण्डी तु स्थूणयक्षेण भारत ॥
प्रत्याजगाम नगरं हर्षेण महतान्वितः ॥
पूजयाम् आस विविधैर् गन्धमाल्यैर् महाधनैः ॥
द्विजातीन् देवताश् चापि चैत्यान् अथ चतुष्पथान् ॥
द्रुपदः सह पुत्रेण सिद्धार्थेन शिखण्डिना ॥
मुदं च परमां लेभे पाञ्चाल्यः सह बान्धवैः ॥
yakṣa uvāca
śapto vaiśravaṇenāsmi tvatkṛte pārthivātmaja ||
gacchedānīṃ yathākāmaṃ cara lokān yathāsukham ||
diṣṭam etat purā manye na śakyam ativartitum ||
gamanaṃ tava ceto hi paulastyasya ca darśanam ||
bhīṣma uvāca
evam uktaḥ śikhaṇḍī tu sthūṇayakṣeṇa bhārata ||
pratyājagāma nagaraṃ harṣeṇa mahatānvitaḥ ||
pūjayām āsa vividhair gandhamālyair mahādhanaiḥ ||
dvijātīn devatāś cāpi caityān atha catuṣpathān ||
drupadaḥ saha putreṇa siddhārthena śikhaṇḍinā ||
mudaṃ ca paramāṃ lebhe pāñcālyaḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ ||
The yaksha said: 'O daughter of a king, I have been cursed by Vaishravana because of you. Go now wherever you wish, and roam the worlds as pleases you. I think this was ordained beforehand and could not be avoided — your coming and the appearance of the son of Pulastya.' Bhishma said: 'Thus addressed by the yaksha Sthuna, Shikhandin, O descendant of Bharata, returned to the city filled with great joy. With various fragrances, garlands, and rich gifts he honored the twice-born, the deities, the shrines, and the crossroads. Drupada, together with his son Shikhandin, who had attained his purpose, obtained the highest joy together with his kinsmen.'
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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.