Shloka 3.69.17
अयोमुखी-दर्शनम् तथा कबन्ध-प्रवेशः (Ayomukhi Encounter and the ظهور of Kabandha)
एवमुक्तस्तु कुपितः खड्गमुद्धृत्य लक्ष्मणः।कर्णनासास्तनं तस्या निचकर्तारिसूदनः।।।।
karṇanāse nikṛtte tu visvaraṃ sā vinadya ca |
yathāgataṃ pradudrāva rākṣasī bhīmadarśanā ||
With her ears and nose cut off, the dreadful-looking rākṣasī cried out in a broken voice and fled back the way she had come.
Thus addressed, Lakshmana, subduer of enemies, became angry, took out the sword and cut off her ears, nose and breasts.
Adharma that harms others leads to suffering and retreat; the episode reinforces the epic’s moral causality—violent predation meets decisive resistance.
Injured and screaming, Ayomukhī escapes, ending the immediate confrontation.
The brothers’ capacity to restore safety in the forest space by repelling a predatory threat.