ततः शूर्पणखा नाम राक्षसी वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ अजामुख्या यदुक्तं वै तदेव मम रोचते। सुरा चानीयतां क्षिप्रं सर्वशोकविनाशिनी॥ मानुषं मांसमास्वाद्य नृत्यामोऽथ निकुम्भिलाम्।
tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā nāma rākṣasī vākyamabravīt|| ajāmukhyā yaduktaṃ vai tadeva mama rocate| surā cānīyatāṃ kṣipraṃ sarvaśokavināśinī|| mānuṣaṃ māṃsamāsvādya nṛtyāmo'tha nikumbhilām|
English Meaning
Then followed another Rākşasí by name Śūrpanakha, I do fully concur with what Ajāmukhi has said. Bring soon wine, the remover of all griefs. Banqueting on human flesh I shall dance before the queen Nikumbhilă.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)