एवमुक्तस्तु सौमित्री राक्षस्या वाक्यकोविदः। ततः शूपनखीं स्मित्वा लक्ष्मणो युक्तमब्रवीत्॥
evamuktastu saumitrī rākṣasyā vākyakovidaḥ| tataḥ śūpanakhīṃ smitvā lakṣmaṇo yuktamabravīt||
English Meaning
Thus accosted by the Räkşasi, Sumitrā's son, Lakşmana versed in speech, with a smile appropriately observed to Śūrpanakhā,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)