Chapter 17 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 17.23

ततो वेदवती क्रुद्धा केशान्हस्तेन साच्छिनत्। असिर्भूत्वा करस्तस्याः केशांश्छिन्नांस्तदाकरोत्॥

tato vedavatī kruddhā keśānhastena sācchinat| asirbhūtvā karastasyāḥ keśāṃśchinnāṃstadākarot||

English Meaning

Thereat Vedavati, wroth, cut off her hair with her hand transformed into a sword.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)