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)