When that foremost of Rishis, Yavakrit, saw him thus earnestly engaged in bridging (the Ganges), he broke out into a loud laughter and thus spoke.
तं ददर्श यवक्रीतो यत्नवन्तं निबन्धने। प्रहसंश्चाब्रवीद् वाक्यमिदं स मुनिपुङ्गवः॥