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)