Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.192
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5.192.1
शिखण्डिवाक्यं श्रुत्वाऽथ स यक्षो भरतर्षभ ।
प्रोवाच मनसा चिन्त्य दैवेनोपनिपीडितः ॥ ५.१९२.१ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, having heard Śikhaṇḍin's words, the yakṣa, afflicted by fate, reflected in his mind and spoke.
5.192.2
भवितव्यं तथा तद्धि मम दुःखाय कौरव ।
भद्रे कामं करिष्यामि समयं तु निबोध मे ॥ ५.१९२.२ ॥
O Kaurava, that is surely destined to be my sorrow. O gentle lady, I will do as you wish, but hear my condition.
5.192.3
स्वं ते पुंस्त्वं प्रदास्यामि स्त्रीत्वं धारयिताऽस्मि ते ।
किंचित्कालं तु ते दास्ये पुल्लिङ्गं स्वमिदं तव।
आगन्तव्यं त्वया काले सत्यं चैव वदस्व मे ॥ ५.१९२.३ ॥
I shall give you back your manhood, and I shall take on womanhood. For a while I shall return this male form to you. You must come back at the appointed time; speak the truth to me.
5.192.4
प्रभुः संकल्पसिद्धोऽस्मि कामचारी विहंगमः ।
मत्प्रसादात्पुरं चैव त्राहि बन्धूंश्च केवलम् ॥ ५.१९२.४ ॥
I am all-powerful, accomplished by will, a bird that moves at pleasure. By my grace, protect only the city and your kinsmen.
5.192.5
स्त्रीलिङ्गं धारयिष्यामि तवेदं पार्थिवात्मजे ।
सत्यं मे प्रतिजानीहि करिष्यामि प्रियं तव ॥ ५.१९२.५ ॥
O prince, I shall bear this female form for your sake. Give me your true promise; I shall do what pleases you.
5.192.6
प्रतिदास्यामि भगवन्पुलिङ्गं तव सुव्रत ।
किंचित्कालान्तरं स्त्रीत्वं धारयस्व निशाचर ॥ ५.१९२.६ ॥
O blessed one, O one of good vows, I shall return your male form to you. O night-wanderer, bear womanhood for some span of time.
5.192.7
प्रतियाते दशार्णे तु पार्थिवे हेमवर्मणि ।
कन्यैव हि भविष्यामि पुरुषस्त्वं भविष्यसि ॥ ५.१९२.७ ॥
When the king of Daśārṇa, armoured in gold, has gone back, I shall be a maiden again, and you will become a man.
5.192.8
इत्युक्त्वा समयं तत्र चक्राते तावुभौ नृप ।
अन्योन्यस्यानभिद्रोहे तौ संक्रामयतां ततः ॥ ५.१९२.८ ॥
Having said this, O king, the two of them made their agreement there; on condition that neither deceive the other, they then exchanged their forms.
5.192.9
स्त्रीलिङ्गं धारयामास स्थूणो यक्षोऽथ भारत ।
यक्षरूपं च तद्दीप्तं शिखण्डी प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ ५.१९२.९ ॥
Then the yaksha Sthūṇa took on the female sex, O Bhārata; and Śikhaṇḍin assumed that radiant yaksha form.
5.192.10
ततः शिखण्डी पाञ्चाल्यः पुंस्त्वमासाद्य पार्थिव ।
विवेश नगरं हृष्टः पितरं च समासदत् ॥ ५.१९२.१० ॥
Then Śikhaṇḍin, the Pāñcāla, having obtained manhood, O king, joyfully entered the city and went to his father.
5.192.11
यथावृत्तं तु तत्सर्वमाचख्यौ द्रुपदस्य तत् ।
मातुश्च रहिते राजन्प्रसादं यक्षजं तदा।
द्रुपदस्तस्य तच्छ्रुत्वा हर्षमाहारयत्परम् ॥ ५.१९२.११ ॥
He told Drupada all that had happened exactly as it had come about, and, O king, he also then told of the favour granted by the yaksha, privately, with his mother. Drupada, hearing it, was greatly delighted.
5.192.12
सभार्यस्तच्च सस्मार महेश्वरवचस्तदा ।
ततः संप्रेषयामास दशार्णाधिपतेर्नृपः ॥ ५.१९२.१२ ॥
With his wife, he then remembered the word of Maheśvara; then the king sent a messenger to the lord of Daśārṇa.
5.192.13
पुरुषोऽयं मम सुतः श्रद्धत्तां मे भवानिति ।
अथ दाशार्णको राजा सहसाभ्यागमत्तदा ॥ ५.१९२.१३ ॥
"This man is my son; let you believe me." Then the king of the Daśārṇas suddenly came there.
5.192.14
पाञ्चालराजं द्रुपदं दुःखशोकसमन्वितः ।
ततः काम्पिल्यमासाद्य दशार्णाधिपतिस्ततः ॥ ५.१९२.१४ ॥
King Drupada of the Pañcālas was filled with sorrow and grief. Then the lord of the Daśārṇas, having reached Kāmpilya, (sent a messenger).
5.192.15
प्रेषयामास सत्कृत्य दूतं ब्रह्मविदां वरम् ।
ब्रूहि मद्वचनाद्दूत पाञ्चाल्यं तं नृपाधमम् ॥ ५.१९२.१५ ॥
He sent with honour a messenger, the best of those who know Brahman, saying: "Messenger, at my word, tell that vile king of the Pañcālas—
5.192.16
यन्मे कन्यां स्वकन्यार्थे वृतवानसि दुर्मते ।
फलं तस्यावलेपस्य द्रक्ष्यस्यद्य न संशयः ॥ ५.१९२.१६ ॥
"Because you have chosen my daughter for your own daughter, O evil-minded one, you will today see the fruit of that arrogance; there is no doubt.
5.192.17
एवमुक्तश्च तेनासौ ब्राह्मणो राजसत्तम ।
दूतः प्रयातो नगरं दाशार्णनृपचोदितः ॥ ५.१९२.१७ ॥
And when thus addressed by him, O best of kings, that brahmin messenger, impelled by the Daśārṇa king, set out for the city.
5.192.18
ततः आसादयामास पुरोधा द्रुपदं पुरे ।
तस्मै पाञ्चालको राजा गामर्घ्यं च सुसत्कृतम् ॥ ५.१९२.१८ ॥
Then the household priest reached Drupada in the city. The Pañcāla king, having honoured him well, gave him a cow and the offering of honour.
5.192.19
प्रापयामास राजेन्द्र सह तेन शिखण्डिना । ॥ ५.१९२.१९ ॥
O lord of kings, he sent them there together with Śikhaṇḍin.
5.192.20
यदुक्तं तेन वीरेण राज्ञा काञ्चनवर्मणा ।
यत्तेऽहमधमाचार दुहित्राऽस्म्यभिवञ्चितः ॥ ५.१९२.२० ॥
What that hero, King Kāñcanavarman, said: O base-conduct one, I have been deceived by your daughter.
5.192.21
तस्य पापस्य करणात्फलं प्राप्नुहि दुर्मते ।
देहि युद्धं नरपते ममाद्य रणमूर्धनि ॥ ५.१९२.२१ ॥
Receive the fruit of that wicked deed, O evil-minded one. O lord of men, give me battle today at the head of the battlefield.
5.192.22
उद्धरिष्यामि ते सद्यः सामात्यसुतबान्धवम् ।
तदुपालम्भसंयुक्तं श्रावितः किल पार्थिवः ॥ ५.१९२.२२ ॥
I will uproot you at once, together with your ministers, sons and kinsmen. That king was indeed made to hear those words, joined with that reproach.
5.192.23
दशार्णपतिना चोक्तो मन्त्रिमध्ये पुरोधसा ।
अभवद्भरतश्रेष्ठ द्रुपदः प्रणयानतः ॥ ५.१९२.२३ ॥
When addressed in the midst of the ministers by the lord of Daśārṇa and by the priest, O best of the Bharatas, Drupada bowed in deference.
5.192.24
यदाह मां भवान्ब्रह्मन्संबन्धिवचनाद्वचः ।
अस्योत्तरं प्रतिवचो दूतो राज्ञे वदिष्यति ॥ ५.१९२.२४ ॥
O Brahmin, the messenger will tell the king the reply to what you said to me in the words of a kinsman.
5.192.25
ततः संप्रेषयामास द्रुपदोऽपि महात्मने ।
हिरण्यवर्मणे दूतं ब्राह्मणं वेदपारगम् ॥ ५.१९२.२५ ॥
Then Drupada too sent a brahmin messenger, master of the Vedas, to the great-souled Hiraṇyavarman.
5.192.26
तमागम्य तु राजानं दशार्णाधिपतिं तदा ।
तद्वाक्यमाददे राजन्यदुक्तं द्रुपदेन ह ॥ ५.१९२.२६ ॥
Having approached that king, lord of the Daśārṇas, he delivered the message that Drupada had spoken, O king.
5.192.27
आगमः क्रियतां व्यक्तः कुमारोऽयं सुतो मम ।
मिथ्यैतदुक्तं केनापि तदश्रद्धेयमित्युत ॥ ५.१९२.२७ ॥
Let a clear arrival be arranged — this prince is my son. This was said falsely by someone; it is not to be believed, so it was said.
5.192.28
ततः स राजा द्रुपदस्य श्रुत्वा ।
विमर्शयुक्तो युवतीर्वरिष्ठाः।
संप्रेषयामास सुचारुरूपाः ।
शिखण्डिनं स्त्रीपुमान्वेति वेत्तुम् ॥ ५.१९२.२८ ॥
Then that king, having heard Drupada's words and pondering them, sent the finest young women of lovely form to learn whether Śikhaṇḍin is woman or man.
5.192.29
तां पूजां नाभ्यनन्दत्स वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह ।
ताः प्रेषितास्तत्त्वभावं विदित्वा
प्रीत्या राज्ञे तच्छशंसुर्हि सर्वम् ।
शिखण्डिनं पुरुषं कौरवेन्द्र
दाशार्णराजाय महानुभावम् ॥ ५.१९२.२९ ॥
He did not rejoice in that honor, and spoke these words. Those women, having learned the true state of affairs, reported everything to the king with affection: Śikhaṇḍin, O lord of the Kauravas, is a man of great power — so it was told to the king of the Daśārṇas.
5.192.30
ततः कृत्वा तु राजा स आगमं प्रीतिमानथ ।
संबन्धिना समागम्य हृष्टो वासमुवास ह ॥ ५.१९२.३० ॥
Then that king, pleased, made the arrangement for the visit, met his kinsman, and rejoicing, dwelt there.
5.192.31
शिखण्डिने च मुदितः प्रादाद्वित्तं जनेश्वरः ।
हस्तिनोऽश्वांश्च गाश्चैव दासीर्बहुशतास्तथा ।
पूजितश्च प्रतिययौ निर्भर्त्स्य तनयां किल ॥ ५.१९२.३१ ॥
Delighted, the king gave Śikhaṇḍin wealth — elephants, horses, cows, and many hundreds of female servants as well. Honored, he departed, having rebuked his daughter.
5.192.32
विनीतकिल्विषे प्रीते हेमवर्मणि पार्थिवे ।
प्रतियाते दशार्णे तु हृष्टरूपा शिखण्डिनी ॥ ५.१९२.३२ ॥
When the king in golden armor, his offense atoned and pleased, had returned to Daśārṇa, Śikhaṇḍinī, joyful of countenance, remained there.
5.192.33
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य कुबेरो नरवाहनः ।
लोकयात्रां प्रकुर्वाणः स्थूणस्यागान्निवेशनम् ॥ ५.१९२.३३ ॥
After some time, Kubera, the man-borne one, while making his journey through the world, came to the dwelling of Sthūṇa.
5.192.34
स नद्गृहस्योपरि वतमान ।
आलोकयामास धनाधिगोप्ता।
स्थूणस्य यक्षस्य विवेश वेश्म ।
स्वलंकृतं माल्यगुणैर्विचित्रैः ॥ ५.१९२.३४ ॥
Standing above the Nada-house, he looked around; the guardian of wealth entered the house of the yaksha Sthūṇa, well adorned with variegated garlands.
5.192.35
लाचैश्च गन्धैश्च तथा वितानै-
रभ्यर्चितं धृनधृपितं च।
ध्वजैः पताकाभिरलंकृतं च ।
भक्ष्यान्नपेयामिपदत्तमोदम् ॥ ५.१९२.३५ ॥
Honored with parched grains, perfumes and canopies, fragrant with incense, adorned with banners and pennants, and delightful with offerings of food, drink and meat.
5.192.36
तत्स्थानं तस्य दृष्ट्वा तु सर्वतः समलंकृतम् ।
मणिरत्नसुवर्णानां मालाभिः परिपूरितम् ॥ ५.१९२.३६ ॥
Seeing that place of his adorned on all sides, filled with garlands of jewels, gems and gold.
5.192.37
नानाकुसूमगन्धाढ्यं सिक्तसंमृष्टशोभितम् ।
अथाब्रवीद्यक्षपतिस्तान्यक्षाननुगांस्तदा ॥ ५.१९२.३७ ॥
Filled with the fragrance of many kinds of flowers, sprinkled, swept and adorned, the lord of the yakṣas then spoke to the yakṣas who followed him.
5.192.38
स्वलंकृतमिदं वेश्म स्थूणस्यामितविक्रमाः ।
नोपसर्पति मां चैव कस्मादद्य स मन्दधीः ॥ ५.१९२.३८ ॥
This dwelling is well adorned. O you of immeasurable valour, why does Sthūṇa not come to me today? Why does that dull-witted one not approach me?
5.192.39
यस्माज्जानन्स मन्दात्मा मामसौ नोपसर्पति ।
तस्मात्तस्मै महादण्डो धार्यः स्यादिति मे मतिः ॥ ५.१९२.३९ ॥
Since he knows, yet that dull-souled one does not approach me, therefore, in my judgment, a great punishment should be imposed upon him.
5.192.40
द्रुपदस्य सुता राजन्राज्ञो जाता शिखण्डिनी ।
तस्या निमित्ते कस्मिंश्चित्प्रादात्पुरुषलक्षणम् ॥ ५.१९२.४० ॥
O king, the daughter of King Drupada, Śikhaṇḍinī, was born. For her sake someone gave the mark of a man.
5.192.41
अग्रहील्लक्षणं स्त्रीणां स्त्रीभूता तिष्ठते गृहे ।
नोपसर्पति तेनासौ सव्रीडः स्त्रीसरूपवान् ॥ ५.१९२.४१ ॥
She took on the mark of women; being a woman, she remains in the house. Ashamed, and having a woman's form, she does not approach me.
5.192.42
एतस्मात्कारणाद्राजन्स्थूणो न त्वाऽद्य सर्पति ।
श्रुत्वा कुरु यथान्यायं विमानमिह तिष्ठताम् ॥ ५.१९२.४२ ॥
For this reason, O king, Sthūṇa does not come today. Having heard, act justly regarding the celestial chariot of those who dwell here.
5.192.43
आनीयतां स्थूण इति ततो यक्षाधिपोऽब्रवीत् ।
कर्तास्मि निग्रहं तस्य प्रत्युवाच पुनः पुनः ॥ ५.१९२.४३ ॥
"Let Sthūṇa be brought here." Then the lord of the yakṣas spoke; again and again he answered, "I shall punish him."
5.192.44
सोऽभ्यगच्छत यक्षेन्द्रमाहूतः पृथिवीपते ।
स्त्रीमरूपो महाराज तस्थौ व्रीडासमन्वितः ॥ ५.१९२.४४ ॥
Summoned, he went before the lord of the yakṣas, O lord of the earth. O great king, in a woman's form, filled with shame, he stood there.
5.192.45
तं शशापाथ संक्रुद्धो धनदः कुरूनन्दन ।
एवमेव भवत्वद्य स्त्रीत्वं पापस्य गुह्यकाः ॥ ५.१९२.४५ ॥
Then Dhanada, enraged, cursed him, O joy of the Kurus: "So be it. Let this sinner have womanhood from this very day, O Guhyakas."
5.192.46
ततोऽब्रवीद्यक्षपतिर्महात्मा ।
यस्माददास्त्ववमन्येह यक्षान्।
शिखण्डिनो लक्षणं पापबुद्धे ।
स्त्रीलक्षणं चाग्रहीः पापकर्मन् ॥ ५.१९२.४६ ॥
Then the great-souled lord of the yakṣas spoke: "Because you despised the yakṣas here, O evil-minded one, you took on the mark of Śikhaṇḍin and the mark of a woman, O doer of evil."
5.192.47
अप्रवृत्तं सुदुर्बुद्धे यस्मादेतत्त्वया कृतम् ।
तस्मादद्य प्रभृत्येव स्त्री त्वं सा पुरुषस्तथा ॥ ५.१९२.४७ ॥
"Because you have done, O very wicked one, what had not yet begun, from this very day you are a woman, and he likewise is a man."
5.192.48
ततः प्रसादयामासुर्यक्षा वैश्रवणं किल ।
स्थूणस्यार्थे कुरुष्वान्तं शापस्येति पुनः पुनः ॥ ५.१९२.४८ ॥
Then the yakṣas appeased Vaiśravaṇa, indeed, saying again and again: "Bring an end to the curse, for the sake of Sthūṇa."
5.192.49
ततो महात्मा यक्षेन्द्रः प्रत्युवाचानुगामिनः ।
सर्वान्यक्षगणांस्तात शापस्यान्तचिकीर्षया ॥ ५.१९२.४९ ॥
Then the great-souled lord of the yakṣas answered all the yakṣa hosts who followed him, dear ones, with the wish to bring the curse to an end.
5.192.50
शिखण्डिनि हते यक्षाः स्वं रूपं प्रतिपत्स्यते ।
स्थूणो यक्षो निरुद्वेगो भवत्विति महामनाः ॥ ५.१९२.५० ॥
When Śikhaṇḍin is slain, O yakṣas, he will regain his own form. Let the yakṣa Sthūṇa be free from anxiety, said the high-minded one.
5.192.51
इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्देवो यक्षराजः सुपूजितः ।
प्रययौ सहितः सर्वैर्निमेषान्तरचारिभिः ॥ ५.१९२.५१ ॥
Having said this, the blessed god, the well-honoured lord of the yakṣas, departed together with all those who move in the interval of a blink.
5.192.52
स्थूणस्तु शापं संप्राप्य तत्रैव न्यवसत्तदा ।
समये चागमूत्तूर्णं शिखण्डी तं क्षपाचरम् ॥ ५.१९२.५२ ॥
But Sthūṇa, having received the curse, stayed right there at that time; and at the appointed time Śikhaṇḍin came quickly to that night-wanderer.
5.192.53
सोऽभिगम्याब्रवीद्वाक्यं प्राप्तोऽस्मि भगवन्निति ।
तमब्रवीत्ततः स्थूणः प्रीतोऽस्मीति पुनः पुनः ॥ ५.१९२.५३ ॥
Approaching him, he said these words: "O blessed one, I have arrived." Then Sthūṇa said to him again and again, "I am pleased."
5.192.54
आर्जवेनागतं दृष्ट्वा राजपुत्रं शिखण्डिनम् ।
सर्वमेव यथावृत्तमाचचक्षे शिखण्डिने ॥ ५.१९२.५४ ॥
Seeing the king's son Śikhaṇḍin come with sincerity, he told Śikhaṇḍin all that had happened, exactly as it had occurred.
5.192.55
शप्तो वैश्रवणेनाहं त्वत्कृते पार्थिवात्मज ।
गच्छेदानीं यथाकामं चर लोकान्यथासुखम् ॥ ५.१९२.५५ ॥
Cursed by Vaiśravaṇa because of you, son of a king. Now go, as you wish, and roam the worlds at ease.
5.192.56
दिष्टमेतत्पुरा मन्ये न शक्यमतिवर्तितुम् ।
गमनं तव चेतो हि पौलस्त्यस्य च दर्शनम् ॥ ५.१९२.५६ ॥
I think this was fated long ago and cannot be averted. Your going and your meeting with the son of Pulastya (Kubera) is indeed the intention of your mind.
5.192.57
एवमुक्तः शिखण्डी तु स्थूणयक्षेण भारत ।
प्रत्याजगाम नगरं हर्वेण महतावृतः ॥ ५.१९२.५७ ॥
Thus addressed by the yaksha Sthūṇa, Śikhaṇḍin, O Bhārata, returned to the city, surrounded by great joy.
5.192.58
पूजयामास विविधैर्गन्धमाल्यैर्महाधनैः ।
द्विजातीन्देवताश्चैव चैत्यानथ चतुष्पथान् ॥ ५.१९२.५८ ॥
He honored, with various fragrant garlands and costly gifts, the twice-born, the gods, the shrines, and the crossroads.
5.192.59
द्रुपदः सह पुत्रेण सिद्धार्थेन शिखण्डिना ।
मुदं च परमां लेभे पाञ्चाल्यः सह बान्धवैः ॥ ५.१९२.५९ ॥
Drupada, the Pāñcāla, together with his son Śikhaṇḍin, whose aim was accomplished, obtained supreme joy along with his kinsmen.
5.192.60
शिष्यार्थं प्रददौ चाथ द्रोणाय कुरुपुङ्गव ।
शिखण्डिनं महाराज पुत्रं स्त्रीपूर्विणं तथा ॥ ५.१९२.६० ॥
Then, O bull of the Kurus, he gave Śikhaṇḍin to Droṇa as a disciple, O great king, that son who had formerly been a woman as well.
5.192.61
प्रतिपेदे चतुष्पादं धनुर्वेदं नृपात्मजः ।
शिखण्डी सह युष्माभिर्धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ॥ ५.१९२.६१ ॥
The king's son Śikhaṇḍin learned the four-footed science of the bow, together with you and with Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pṛṣata.
5.192.62
मम त्वेतच्चरास्तात यथावत्प्रत्यवेदयन् ।
जडान्धबधिराकारा ये मुक्ता द्रपदे मया ॥ ५.१९२.६२ ॥
Dear one, my spies, whom I had sent into Drupada's realm disguised as dullards, blind and deaf, reported all of this to me exactly as it was.
5.192.63
एवमेष महाराज स्त्री पुमान्द्रुपदात्मजः ।
स संभूतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ शिखण्डी रथसत्तमः ॥ ५.१९२.६३ ॥
Thus, great king, this son of Drupada, Śikhaṇḍin, who was first a woman and then became a man, was born, O best of the Kurus, as the finest of charioteers.
5.192.64
ज्येष्ठा काशिपतेः कन्या अम्बा नामेति विश्रुता ।
द्रुपदस्य कुले जाता शिखण्डी भरतर्षभ ॥ ५.१९२.६४ ॥
The eldest daughter of the king of Kāśi, renowned by the name Ambā, was born in Drupada's family as Śikhaṇḍin, O bull of the Bharatas.
5.192.65
नाहमेनं धनुष्पाणिं युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम् ।
मुहूर्तमपि पश्येयं प्रहरेयं न चाप्युत ॥ ५.१९२.६५ ॥
I will not look upon him, even for a moment, when he stands before me with bow in hand, eager to fight, and I will not strike him either.
5.192.66
व्रतमेतन्मम सदा पृथिव्यामपि विश्रुतम् ।
स्त्रियां स्त्रीपूर्वके चैव स्त्रीनाम्नि स्त्रीसरूपिणि ॥ ५.१९२.६६ ॥
This is my vow, renowned always even on earth: toward a woman, toward one who was formerly a woman, toward one bearing a woman's name and a woman's form, I shall not raise my weapons.
5.192.67
न मुञ्चेयमहं बाणमिति कौरवनन्दन ।
न हन्यामहमेतेन कारणेन शिखण्डिनम् ॥ ५.१९२.६७ ॥
Delight of the Kurus, I will not loose an arrow, and for this reason I will not strike Śikhaṇḍin.
5.192.68
एतत्तत्त्वमहं वेद जन्म तात शिखण्डिनः ।
ततो नैनं हनिष्यामि समरेष्वाततायिनम् ॥ ५.१९२.६८ ॥
Dear one, I know this truth about Śikhaṇḍin's birth; therefore, even when he attacks in battles, I will not strike him.
5.192.69
यदि भीष्मः स्त्रियं हन्यात्सन्तः कुर्युर्विगर्हणम् ।
नैनं तस्माद्धनिष्यामि दृष्ट्वापि समरे स्थितम् ॥ ५.१९२.६९ ॥
If Bhīṣma were to strike a woman, good people would reproach him; therefore, even seeing him standing in battle, I will not strike him.
5.192.70
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु करव्यो राजा दुर्योधनस्तदा ।
मुहूर्तमिव स ध्यात्वा भीष्मे युक्तममन्यत ॥ ५.१९२.७० ॥
Having heard this, King Duryodhana then reflected for a moment and considered Bhīṣma's words fitting.