But the grandsire of the Bharatas, meeting with Shikhandin in the battle avoided him, remembering the femininity of his sex.
शिखण्डिनं समासाद्य भरतानां पितामहः। अवर्जयत संग्रामं स्त्रीत्वं तस्यानुसंस्मरन्।॥