joyfully told the king of the Dasarnakas everything, viz., that Sikhandin, O chief of the Kurus, was a powerful person of the masculine sex.  Hearing that testimony, the ruler of the Dasarnakas was filled with great joy, and wending then unto his brother Drupada, passed a few days with him in joy.  And the king, rejoiced as he was, gave unto Sikhandin much wealth, many elephants and steeds and kine.  And worshipped by Drupada (as long as he stayed), the Dasarnaka king then departed, having rebuked his daughter.  And after king Hiranyavarman, the ruler of the Dasarnakas had departed in joy and with his anger quelled, Sikhandin began to rejoice exceedingly.  Meanwhile, sometime after (the exchange of sexes had taken place) Kuvera, who was always borne on the shoulders of human beings, in course of a journey (through the earth), came to the abode of Sthuna.  Staying (in the welkin) above that mansion, the protector of all the treasures saw that the excellent abode of the Yaksha Sthuna was well-adorned with beautiful garland of flowers, and perfumed with fragrant roots of grass and many sweet scents.  And it was decked with canopies, and scented incense.  And it was also beautiful with standards and banners.  And it was filled with edibles and drink of every kind.  And beholding that beautiful abode of the Yaksha decked all over, and filled also with garlands of jewels and gems and perfumed with the fragrance of diverse kinds of flowers, and well-watered, and well-swept, the lord of the Yakshas addressed the Yakshas that followed him, saying, ’Ye that are endued with immeasurable prowess, this mansion of Sthuna is well-adorned!  Why, however, doth not that wight of wicked understanding come to me?  And since that wicked-souled one, knowing I am here, approacheth me not, therefore, some severe punishment should be inflicted on him!  Even this is my intention!’ Hearing these words of his, the Yakshas said, ’O king, the royal Drupada had a daughter born unto him, of the name of Sikhandini!  Unto her, for some reason, Sthuna had given his own manhood, and having taken her womanhood upon him, he stayeth within his abode having become a woman!  Bearing as he doth a feminine form, he doth not, therefore, approach thee in shame!  It is for this reason, O king, that Sthuna cometh not to thee!  Hearing all this, do what may be proper!’ Let the car be stopped here!  Let Sthuna be brought to me,—­were the words that the lord of the Yakshas uttered, and repeatedly said,—­I will punish him!—­Summoned then by the Lord of Yakshas, Sthuna bearing a feminine form came thither, O king, and stood before him in shame.  Then, O thou of Kuru’s race, the giver of wealth cursed him in anger, saying, ’Ye Guhyakas, let the femininity of the wretch remain as it is!’ And the high-souled lord of the Yakshas also said, ’Since humiliating all the Yakshas, thou hast, O thou of sinful deeds, given away thy own sex to Sikhandini and taken from her, O thou of wicked understanding, her femininity,—­since,