Thereupon the king Drupada, the lion among kings, having heard of the (respective) purity if descent of the lineage of all kings, chose the daughter of the king of the Dasharnaka territory as the wife of Shikhandin.
ततो राजा द्रुपदो राजसिंहः सर्वान् राज्ञः कुलतः संनिशाम्य। दशार्णकस्य नृपतेस्तनूजां शिखण्डिने वरयामास दारान्॥