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श्रीशुक उवाच
बहिरन्तःपुरद्वारः सर्वाः पूर्ववदावृताः ।
ततो बालध्वनिं श्रुत्वा गृहपालाः समुत्थिताः ॥ १ ॥
 
sri-suka uvaca
bahir-antah-pura-dvarah
sarvah purvavad avrtah
tato bala-dhvanim srutva
grha-palah samutthitah
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.