Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 45: Sītā Chastises Lakṣmaṇa
Text 3.45.38
इति लक्ष्मणमाक्रुश्य सीता शोकसमन्विता।
पाणिभ्यां रुदती दुःखादुदरं प्रजाघन ह॥
iti lakṣmaṇam ākruśya sītā śoka-samanvitā
pāṇibhyāṁ rudatī duḥkhād udaraṁ prajāghana ha
iti = thus; lakṣmaṇam = Lakṣmaṇa; ākruśya = having sharply criticized; sītā = Sītā-devī; śoka-samanvitā = who was filled with lamentation; pāṇibhyām = with her hands; rudatī = while crying; duḥkhāt = in sorrow; udaram = her stomach; prajāghana ha = struck.
Having sharply criticized Lakṣmaṇa thus, Sītā-devī, who was filled with lamentation, struck her stomach with her hands while crying in sorrow.1
1 Rāmāyaṇa-bhūṣaṇa: ākruśya vinindya.