Bhishma said At length the Yaksha, hearing the words of Shikhandin, said, afflicted by destiny, after considering in his mind,
भीष्म उवाच शिखण्डिवाक्यं श्रुत्वाऽथ स यक्षो भरतर्षभ। प्रोवाच मनसा चिन्त्य दैवेनोपनिपीडितः॥