16.96
aji tanre nivediba, kari’ japa-dhyana
sisu-dvare kaila more eta apamana
SYNONYMS
aji—today; tanre—unto her; nivediba—I shall offer my prayers; kari’-performing; japa—chanting; dhyana—meditation; sisu-dvare—through a boy; kaila—has done; more—unto me; eta—so much; apamana—insult “I shall offer prayers and meditation to the goddess of learning,” the champion concluded, “and ask her why she has insulted me so greatly through this boy.”