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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.1.16
kincic cikirshavo jata
SYNONYMS
vidurah uvaca -- Sri Vidura said; atreh grihe -- in the house of Atri; sura-sreshthah -- chief demigods; sthiti -- maintenance; utpatti -- creation; anta -- destruction; hetavah -- causes; kincit -- something; cikirshavah -- desiring to do; jatah -- appeared; etat -- this; akhyahi -- 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 Brahma, Vishnu 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 have appeared in such a way?
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness