वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-17, verse-21

इत्युक्तो लक्ष्मणस्तस्याः क्रुद्धो रामस्य पश्यतः ।
उद्धृत्य खड्गं चिच्छेद कर्णनासं महाबलः ॥२१॥

21. ityukto lakṣmaṇastasyāḥ kruddho rāmasya paśyataḥ ,
uddhṛtya khaḍgaṃ ciccheda karṇanāsaṃ mahābalaḥ.

21. iti uktaḥ lakṣmaṇaḥ tasyāḥ kruddhaḥ rāmasya paśyataḥ
uddhṛtya khaḍgaṃ ciccheda karṇanāsam mahābalaḥ

21. iti uktaḥ kruddhaḥ mahābalaḥ lakṣmaṇaḥ rāmasya
paśyataḥ tasyāḥ khaḍgam uddhṛtya karṇanāsam ciccheda

21. Thus spoken to, the mighty Lakṣmaṇa, enraged and with Rāma watching, drew his sword and cut off her ear and nose.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, as said

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken to (Lakṣmaṇa, by Rāma) (spoken, said, addressed, instructed)

• लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakṣmaṇa

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of Śūrpaṇakhā (of her, for her)

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged, furious

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

• पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - seeing, watching, while watching

• उद्धृत्य (uddhṛtya) - having drawn out, having pulled out, having taken up

• खड्गं (khaḍgaṁ) - sword

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off, severed

• कर्णनासम् (karṇanāsam) - ear and nose, ear-nose

• महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - the mighty Lakṣmaṇa (mighty, very powerful, of great strength)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, as said

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken to (Lakṣmaṇa, by Rāma) (spoken, said, addressed, instructed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'vac' (to speak) with the past passive participle suffix 'kta'.

Root: vac (class 2)

लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (brother of Rāma)

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of Śūrpaṇakhā (of her, for her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, furious

Derived from the root 'krudh' (to be angry).

Root: krudh (class 4)

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a principal deity of Hinduism, the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu)

पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - seeing, watching, while watching

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, watching

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'dṛś' (to see) in the present tense, active voice.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rāmasya'

उद्धृत्य (uddhṛtya) - having drawn out, having pulled out, having taken up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix 'ud' and root 'hṛ' (to carry) and suffix 'lyap' (for absolutives with prefixes).

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

खड्गं (khaḍgaṁ) - sword

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of khaḍga

khaḍga - sword

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off, severed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of chid

Root: chid (class 7)

कर्णनासम् (karṇanāsam) - ear and nose, ear-nose

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karṇanāsa

karṇanāsa - ear and nose

Compound type : Dvandva (karṇa+nāsā)

• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)
• nāsā – nose
  noun (feminine)

महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - the mighty Lakṣmaṇa (mighty, very powerful, of great strength)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, mighty, powerful

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mahat+bala)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)