SB 4.1.16

Devanāgarī

विदुर उवाच अत्रेर्गृहे सुरश्रेष्ठा: स्थित्युत्पत्त्यन्तहेतव: । किञ्चिच्चिकीर्षवो जाता एतदाख्याहि मे गुरो ॥ १६ ॥

Text

vidura uvāca atrer gṛhe sura-śreṣṭhāḥ sthity-utpatty-anta-hetavaḥ kiñcic cikīrṣavo jātā etad ākhyāhi me guro

Synonyms

viduraḥuvāca—Śrī Vidura said;atreḥgṛhe—in the house of Atri;sura-śreṣṭhāḥ—chief demigods;sthiti—maintenance;utpatti—creation;anta—destruction;hetavaḥ—causes;kiñcit—something;cikīrṣavaḥ—desiring to do;jātāḥ—appeared;etat—this;ākhyāhi—tell;me—to me;guro—my dear spiritual master.

Translation

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

Purport