वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-54, verse-8

को हन्ता लवणं वीराः कस्यांशः स विधीयताम् ।
भरतस्य महाबाहोः शत्रुघ्नस्याथ वा पुनः ॥८॥

8. ko hantā lavaṇaṃ vīrāḥ kasyāṃśaḥ sa vidhīyatām ,
bharatasya mahābāhoḥ śatrughnasyātha vā punaḥ.

8. kaḥ hantā lavaṇam vīrāḥ kasya aṃśaḥ saḥ vidhīyatām
bharatasya mahābāhoḥ śatrughnasya atha vā punaḥ

8. vīrāḥ,
kaḥ lavaṇam hantā? kasya saḥ aṃśaḥ vidhīyatām? mahābāhoḥ bharatasya atha vā śatrughnasya punaḥ?

8. O heroes, who will slay Lavaṇa? To whom should that task be assigned? Should it be to the mighty-armed Bharata, or again, to Śatrughna?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - Who? (Who? What?)

• हन्ता (hantā) - The slayer. (Killer, slayer, destroyer.)

• लवणम् (lavaṇam) - Lavaṇa (the demon). (Lavaṇa (proper noun). Salt.)

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - O heroes. (Heroes, brave men.)

• कस्य (kasya) - Whose? (Whose? Of whom?)

• अंशः (aṁśaḥ) - Portion (of the task). (Portion, share, part, task.)

• सः (saḥ) - That (portion/task). (He, that.)

• विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - Let it be assigned. (Let it be done, let it be arranged, let it be assigned.)

• भरतस्य (bharatasya) - Of Bharata.

• महाबाहोः (mahābāhoḥ) - Of the mighty-armed (referring to Bharata). (Of the mighty-armed, of one with great arms.)

• शत्रुघ्नस्य (śatrughnasya) - Of Śatrughna.

• अथ (atha) - Or (implying an alternative). (Then, now, thereupon, and.)

• वा (vā) - Or. (Or, either, like.)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - Again (emphasizing the alternative). (Again, but, moreover, on the other hand.)

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - Who? (Who? What?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ka

ka - Who, what, which.

हन्ता (hantā) - The slayer. (Killer, slayer, destroyer.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hantṛ

hantṛ - Slayer, killer, destroyer.

agent noun

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with tṛc suffix.

Root: han (class 2)

लवणम् (lavaṇam) - Lavaṇa (the demon). (Lavaṇa (proper noun). Salt.)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lavaṇa

lavaṇa - Lavaṇa (proper name), salt.

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - O heroes. (Heroes, brave men.)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - Hero, brave, powerful man.

कस्य (kasya) - Whose? (Whose? Of whom?)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ka

ka - Who, what, which.

अंशः (aṁśaḥ) - Portion (of the task). (Portion, share, part, task.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṃśa

aṁśa - Portion, share, part, division, task.

सः (saḥ) - That (portion/task). (He, that.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - That, he, she, it.

विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - Let it be assigned. (Let it be done, let it be arranged, let it be assigned.)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of vidhā

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Derived from vi + root dhā. Here used in passive imperative.

भरतस्य (bharatasya) - Of Bharata.

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (proper name), supporter, bearer.

महाबाहोः (mahābāhoḥ) - Of the mighty-armed (referring to Bharata). (Of the mighty-armed, of one with great arms.)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - Mighty-armed, one with great arms.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – Great, large, mighty.
  adjective
• bāhu – Arm.
  noun (masculine)

शत्रुघ्नस्य (śatrughnasya) - Of Śatrughna.

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śatrughna

śatrughna - Śatrughna (proper name), vanquisher of foes.

अथ (atha) - Or (implying an alternative). (Then, now, thereupon, and.)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - Or. (Or, either, like.)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - Again (emphasizing the alternative). (Again, but, moreover, on the other hand.)

(indeclinable)