Chapter 18 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 18.20

इत्युक्तो लक्ष्मणस्तस्या क्रुद्धो रामस्य पश्यतः। उद्धृत्य खङ्ग चिच्छेद कर्णनासे महाबलः॥

ityukto lakṣmaṇastasyā kruddho rāmasya paśyataḥ| uddhṛtya khaṅga ciccheda karṇanāse mahābalaḥ||

English Meaning

Thus desired the exceedingly strong Laksmana, fired with wrath, taking out his sword, in the sight of Rāma, cut off her nose and ears.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)