Know that Shikhandi, who was previously a woman, was born of a portion of a Rakshasa. O best of the Bharata race, those that became the five sons of Draupadi,
शिखण्डिनमथोराजस्त्रीपूर्वं विद्धि राक्षसम्। द्रौपदेयाश्च ये पञ्च बभूवुर्भरतर्षभ।१२७॥