In this way it is, O great king, that the son of Drupada is both a man and woman, and he was born as Shikhandin, O best of Kurus, and as the best of car-warriors.
एवमेष महाराज स्त्रीपुमान् दुपदात्मजः। स सम्भूतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ शिखण्डी रथसत्तमः॥