Childless as I was, O great king, and from fear of my companion, wives, my daughter Shikhandin, when born, was represented to you as a son,
अपुत्रया मया राजन् सपत्नीनां भयादिदम्। कन्या शिखण्डिनी जाता पुरुषो वै निवेदिता॥