Coming face to face with Drona in battle shall you know which is good for you. Do you fight for the sake of your well wishers and accomplish a deed hard to do." O Uluka, speak on my behalf thus Shikhandin; "the son of Kuru having long arms does not slay you for he holds you to be a woman.
द्रोणमासाद्य समरे ज्ञास्यसे हितमुत्तमम्। युध्यस्व ससुहृत् पापं कुरु कर्म सुदुष्करम्॥