SB 4.1.16

TEXT 16

TEXT

विदुर उवाच
अत्रेर्गृहे सुरश्रेष्ठाः स्थित्युत्पत्त्यन्तहेतवः ।
किञ्चिच्चिकीर्षवो जाता एतदाख्याहि मे गुरो ॥ १६ ॥

vidura uvaca

atrer grhe sura-sresthah

sthity-utpatty-anta-hetavah

kincic cikirsavo jata

etad akhyahi me guro

vidurah uvaca-Sri Vidura said; atreh grhe-in the house of Atri; sura-sresthah-chief demigods; sthiti-maintenance; utpatti-creation; anta-destruction; hetavah-causes; kincit-something; cikirsavah-desiring to do; jatah-appeared; etat-this; akhyahi-tell; me-to me; guro-spiritual master.

TRANSLATION

After hearing this, Vidura inquired from Maitreya: My dear master, how is it that the three deities Brahma, Visnu and Siva, who are the creator, maintainer and destroyer of the whole creation, became the offspring of the wife of Atri Muni?

PURPORT

The inquisitiveness of Vidura was quite fitting, for he understood that when the Supersoul, Lord Brahma and Lord Siva all appeared through the person of Anasuya, the wife of Atri Muni, there must have been some great purpose. Otherwise why should they appear in such a way?

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