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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.6.41

తథాపరే సిద్ధగణా మహర్షిభి- ర్యే వై సమన్తాదను నీలలోహితమ్ । నమస్కృత: ప్రాహ శశాఙ్కశేఖరం కృతప్రణామం ప్రహసన్నివాత్మభూ: ॥ ౪౧ ॥
tathāpare siddha-gaṇā maharṣibhir
[tathaapare siddha-ganaa maharshibhir]
ye vai samantād anu nīlalohitam
[ye vai samantaad anu neelalohitam]
namaskṛtaḥ prāha śaśāṅka-śekharaṁ
[namaskritah praaha shashaanka-shekharam]
kṛta-praṇāmaṁ prahasann ivātmabhūḥ
[krita-pranaamam prahasann ivaatmabhooh]
Word-for-word
tathā — so apare — the others siddha-gaṇāḥ — the Siddhas mahā-ṛṣibhiḥ — along with the great sages ye — who vai — indeed samantāt — from all sides anu — after nīlalohitam — Lord Śiva namaskṛtaḥ — making obeisances prāha — said śaśāṅka-śekharam — to Lord Śiva kṛta-praṇāmam — having made obeisances prahasan — smiling iva — as ātmabhūḥ — Lord Brahmā.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tathāpare siddha-gaṇā maharṣibhir
tathā
so
apare
the others
siddha-gaṇāḥ
the Siddhas
mahā-ṛṣibhiḥ
along with the great sages
ye vai samantād anu nīlalohitam
ye
who
vai
indeed
samantāt
from all sides
anu
after
nīlalohitam
Lord Śiva
namaskṛtaḥ prāha śaśāṅka-śekharaṁ
namaskṛtaḥ
making obeisances
prāha
said
śaśāṅka-śekharam
to Lord Śiva
kṛta-praṇāmaṁ prahasann ivātmabhūḥ
kṛta-praṇāmam
having made obeisances
prahasan
smiling
iva
as
ātmabhūḥ
Lord Brahmā.
All the sages who were sitting with Lord Śiva, such as Nārada and others, also offered their respectful obeisances to Lord Brahmā. After being so worshiped, Lord Brahmā, smiling, began to speak to Lord Śiva.
Purport

Lord Brahmā was smiling because he knew that Lord Śiva is not only easily satisfied but easily irritated as well. He was afraid that Lord Śiva might be in an angry mood because he had lost his wife and had been insulted by Dakṣa. In order to conceal this fear, he smiled and addressed Lord Śiva as follows.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Other great persons along with the sages, who were all around Śiva, offered respects to Brahmā, and Brahmā, smiling then spoke to Śiva, to whom he offered respects. Those who were with Śiva, such as Nārada, along with the sages, offered respects to Brahmā. Brahmā, being offered respects, spoke to Śiva, who was offered respects by the devatās. Though they were internally fearful, they showed joyful faces externally.
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