Organ Donor

Organ Donor

A Nano Drama

Dāśārṇī (shrouding Śikhaṇḍin's corpse): "Lady, who are you?"

Sthūṇā: "Sthūṇa Yakṣa. Your husband doesn't need my manhood anymore."

Dāśārṇī (aghast): "A hero's cremation ..."

Sthūṇā: "Ashes of my organs!"

Dāśārṇī (distraught): "Manhood was his life. Womanhood in death?"

Sthūṇā becomes Sthūṇa. Śikhaṇḍinī's body, bifurcated by Aśvatthāman's sword, has one breast dangling.

Canonical basis: Udyogaparvan 193.46

hate Śikhaṇḍini raṇe svarūpaṃ pratipatsyate

Sthūṇo Yakṣo nirudvego bhavatv iti mahā-manāḥ

Canonical basis: Sauptikaparvan 8.60

sa tu krodha-samāviṣṭo Droṇa-putro mahā-balaḥ

Śikhaṇḍinaṃ samāsādya dvidhā ciccheda so'sinā