Even if I were to loose my life, O Bharata, I shall not slay him. This now is the same Shikhandin whom the creator made a female.
तमहं न हनिष्यामि प्राणत्यागेऽपि भारत! याऽसौ प्रानिर्मिता धात्रा सैषा वै स्त्री शिखण्डिनी।।