It is for this reason, O Brahmana, that I smile at seeing you, O foremost of twiceborn persons. I do not certainly laugh at you from desire of disregarding you. You are my preceptor.
एतस्मात् कारणाद् ब्रह्मन् प्रहसे त्वां द्विजोत्तम। न त्वां परिभवन् ब्रह्मन् प्रहसामि गुरुभवान्॥