And then that high-souled lord of Yakshas (again) said, “As you have humiliated all Yakshas by giving away your own sex of Shikhandin, O you of sinful understanding and by taking her female sex, O you of sinful deeds,"
ततोऽब्रवीद् यक्षपतिर्महात्मा यस्माददास्त्ववमन्येह यक्षान्। शिखण्डिने लक्षणं पापबुद्धे स्त्रीलक्षणं चाग्रही: पापकर्मन्॥