™aIzAuk( ovaAca
baih"r"nta:paur"ã"Ar":
s$avaAR: paUvaRvad"Ava{taA:
tataAe baAlaDvainaM ™autvaA
gA{h"paAlaA: s$amauitTataA:
sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; bahih-antah-pura-dvarah-the doors inside and outside the house; sarvah-all; purva-vat-like before; avrtah-closed; tatah-thereafter; bala-dhvanim-the crying of the newborn child; srutva-hearing; grha-palah-all the inhabitants of the house, especially the doormen; samutthitah-awakened.
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King Pariksit, 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.
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has remarked that the watchmen were just like dogs. At night the dogs in the street act like watchmen. If one dog barks, many other dogs immediately follow it by barking. Although the street dogs are not appointed by anyone to act as watchmen, they think they are responsible for protecting the neighborhood, and as soon as someone unknown enters it, they all begin to bark. Both Yogamaya and Mahamaya act in all material activities (prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah), but although the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead acts under the Supreme Lord's direction (mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sa-caracaram), doglike watchmen such as politicians and diplomats think that they are protecting their neighborhoods from the dangers of the outside world. These are the actions of maya. But one who surrenders to Krsna is relieved of the protection afforded by the dogs and doglike guardians of this material world.