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
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