Bhimasena said That Shikhandin, the son of Drupada who is born for the destruction ((of Bhishma) as it is used to be said, O chief among kings, by the assembled Siddhas and Rishis,
भीमसेन उवाच वधार्थं यः समुत्पन्नः शिखण्डी दुपदात्मजः। वदन्ति सिद्धा राजेन्द्र ऋषयश्च समागताः॥