O foremost of speakers, you should never cut jokes with your servants. O foremost of kings, listen to the short-comings of such an act.
परिहासश्च भृत्यैस्ते नात्यर्थं वदतां वर। कर्तव्यो राजशार्दूल दोषमत्र हि मे शृणु॥