Highly intelligent Shikhandin, protected by the blessed Arjuna, became the leader of the seven divisions of the sons of Pandu.
शिखण्डी पाण्डुपुत्राणां नेता सप्तचमूपतिः। बभूव रक्षितो धीमान् श्रीमता सत्यसाचिना॥