It was then and there resolved with certainly among those high-souled kings "If this be really true that Shikhandin is a daughter, O king, then having bound the king of the Panchalas, we shall drag him (here) and having installed another king who will rule over the people,
तत्र वै निश्चितं तेषामभूद् राज्ञां महात्मनाम्। तथ्यं भवति चेदेतत् कन्या राजन् शिखण्डिनी॥ बद्ध्वा पञ्चालराजानमानयिष्यामहे गृहम्। अन्यं राजानमाधाय पञ्चालेषु नरेश्वरम्॥