Chapter 62 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 62

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 62.8

को हन्ता लवणं वीरः कस्यांशः स विधीयताम्। भरतस्य महाबाहोः शत्रुघ्नस्य च धीमतः॥

ko hantā lavaṇaṃ vīraḥ kasyāṃśaḥ sa vidhīyatām| bharatasya mahābāhoḥ śatrughnasya ca dhīmataḥ||

English Meaning

What hero shall slay Lavana? Do you decide this. On whom shall devolve this duty? Whether the mighty armed Bharata or the intelligent Śatrughna shall (do this work?).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)