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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.3.19

శ్రీశుక ఉవాచ ఇతి నిశామయన్త్యా మేరుదేవ్యా: పతిమభిధాయాన్తర్దధే భగవాన్ ॥ ౧౯ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
iti niśāmayantyā merudevyāḥ patim abhidhāyāntardadhe bhagavān.
[iti nishaamayantyaa merudevyaah patim abhidhaayaantardadhe bhagavaan.]
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said iti — thus niśāmayantyāḥ — who was listening merudevyāḥ — in the presence of Merudevī patim — unto her husband abhidhāya — having spoken antardadhe — disappeared bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
iti niśāmayantyā merudevyāḥ patim abhidhāyāntardadhe bhagavān.
iti
thus
niśāmayantyāḥ
who was listening
merudevyāḥ
in the presence of Merudevī
patim
unto her husband
abhidhāya
having spoken
antardadhe
disappeared
bhagavān
the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: After saying this, the Lord disappeared. The wife of King Nābhi, Queen Merudevī, was sitting by the side of her husband, and consequently she could hear everything the Supreme Lord had spoken.

According to the Vedic injunctions, one should perform sacrifices in the company of one’s own wife. Sapatnīko dharmam ācaret: religious rituals should be performed with one’s wife; therefore Mahārāja Nābhi conducted his great sacrifice with his wife by his side.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva said: Speaking thus to the husband of Merudevī who was listening, the Lord disappeared.
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