Shikhandin said “O Yaksha, my father, bereft of a son, will very soon meet with destruction, for the lord of the Dasharna territories is marching against him with anger.
शिखण्डिन्युवाच अपुत्रो मे पिता यक्ष न चिरान्नाशमेष्यति। अभियास्यति सक्रोधो दशार्णधिपतिर्हि तम्॥