Sikhandini
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 06 Mar 2010 03:57 and updated at 06 Mar 2010 03:57
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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Mbh.1.63.3186 | Sikhandini was so transformed into a male by Yaksha named Sthuna from the desire of doing her good. |
Mbh.5.194.8632 | And she said, Childless, O great king, as I was, from fear of my co-wives, when Sikhandini, my daughter, was born, I represented unto you that it was a son! |
Mbh.5.194.8654 | While husband and wife were conversing with each other thus, both filled with grief, their helpless daughter, Sikhandini, was filled with shame. |
Mbh.5.194.8660 | Entering that mansion, Sikhandini, the daughter of Drupada, O king, began to reduce herself by foregoing all food for many days. |
Mbh.5.194.8669 | Thus assured, Sikhandini represented in detail everything that had happened, unto that chief of Yakshas called Sthunakarna. |
Mbh.5.195.8677 | SECTION CXCV Bhishma said, Hearing, O bull of Bharata's race, those words of Sikhandini, afflicted by destiny, that Yaksha, said after reflecting in his mind, these words, Indeed, it was ordained to be so, and, O Kaurava, it was ordained for my grief' |
Mbh.5.195.8687 | Thus addressed, Sikhandini said unto him, O holy one of excellent vows, I will give thee back thy manhood! |
Mbh.5.195.8692 | And the Yaksha Sthuna, O Bharata, became a female, while Sikhandini obtained the blazing form of the Yaksha. |
Mbh.5.195.8693 | Then, O king, Sikhandini of Panchala's race, having obtained manhood, entered his city in great joy and approached his father. |
Mbh.5.195.8730 | Hearing these words of his, the Yakshas said, O king, the royal Drupada had a daughter born unto him, of the name of Sikhandini! |
Mbh.5.195.8739 | And the high-souled lord of the Yakshas also said, Since humiliating all the Yakshas, thou hast, O thou of sinful deeds, given away thy own sex to Sikhandini and taken from her, O thou of wicked understanding, her femininity, since, O wicked wretch, thou hast done what hath never been done by anybody, therefore from this day, thou shalt remain a woman and she shall remain a man' |
Mbh.6.99.5286 | After all, however, she is Sikhandini. |
Mbh.6.99.5288 | She is the same Sikhandini that the Creator had first made her. |
Mbh.6.99.5306 | Of cleansed soul, he said unto me, I will not slay Sikhandini. |
Mbh.6.99.5313 | She was born as Sikhandini after the manner I told thee before the battle began. |
Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice. |
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