श्रीशुक उवाच बहिरन्त:पुरद्वार: सर्वा: पूर्ववदावृता: । ततो बालध्वनिं श्रुत्वा गृहपाला: समुत्थिता: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca bahir-antaḥ-pura-dvāraḥ sarvāḥ pūrvavad āvṛtāḥ tato bāla-dhvaniṁ śrutvā gṛha-pālāḥ samutthitāḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- bahiḥ-antaḥ-pura-dvāraḥ
- the doors inside and outside the house
- sarvāḥ
- all
- pūrva-vat
- like before
- āvṛtāḥ
- closed
- tataḥ
- thereafter
- bāla-dhvanim
- the crying of the newborn child
- śrutvā
- hearing
- gṛha-pālāḥ
- all the inhabitants of the house, especially the doormen
- samutthitāḥ
- awakened
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King Parīkṣit, the doors inside and outside the house closed as before. Thereafter, the inhabitants of the house, especially the watchmen, heard the crying of the newborn child and thus awakened from their beds.