### CC Adi 16.96

> আজি তাঁরে নিবেদিব, করি’ জপ-ধ্যান ।\
> শিশুদ্বারে কৈল মোরে এত অপমান ॥৯৬॥

> āji tāṅre nivediba, kari' japa-dhyāna\
> śiśu-dvāre kaila more eta apamāna

*āji*—today; *tāṅre*—unto her; *nivediba*—I shall offer my prayers; *kari'*—performing; *japa*—chanting; *dhyāna*—meditation; *śiśu-dvāre*—through a boy; *kaila*—has done; *more*—unto me; *eta*—so much; *apamāna*—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."**