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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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विदुर उवाच अत्रेर्गृहे सुरश्रेष्ठाः स्थित्युत्पत्त्यन्तहेतवः । किञ्चिच्चिकीर्षवो जाता एतदाख्याहि मे गुरो ॥१६॥
vidura uvāca atrer gṛhe sura-śreṣṭhāḥ sthity-utpatty-anta-hetavaḥ kiñcic cikīrṣavo jātā etad ākhyāhi me guro
WORD BY WORD
viduraḥ uvāca Śrī Vidura said; atreḥ gṛhe in the house of Atri; suraśreṣṭhāḥ 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?
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PURPORT
| The inquisitiveness of Vidura was quite fitting, for he understood that when the Supersoul, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva all appeared through the person of Anasūyā, the wife of Atri Muni, there must have been some great purpose. Otherwise why should they have appeared in such a way?
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