05192001a tatazH zikhaNDino mAtA yathAtattvanM narAdhipa
05192001c AcacakSe mahAbAho bhartre kanyAM zikhaNDinIm 'bhISma said. 'Then, O mighty-armed king, Sikhandin's mother represented unto her lord the truth about her daughter, Sikhandin.
05192002a aputrayA mayA rAjan sapatnInAmM bhayAd idam And she said, 'Childless, O great king, as I was, from fear of my co-wives,
05192002c kanyA zikhaNDinI jAtA puruSo vai niveditaH when Sikhandini, my daughter, was born, I represented unto you that it was a son!
05192003a tvayA caiva narazreSTha tan me prItyAnumoditam For thy love of me, thou also hadst corroborated it,
05192003c putrakarma kRtaJM caiva kanyAyAH pArthivarSabha and, O bull among kings, thou hadst performed all the rites prescribed for a son in respect of this daughter of mine!
05192003e bhAryA coDhA tvayA rAjan dazArNAdhipatesH sutA Thou then didst marry her, O king, to the daughter of the king of the Dasarnakas.
