श्रीशुक उवाच सरस्वत्यास्तटे राजन्नृषय: सत्रमासत । वितर्क: समभूत्तेषां त्रिष्वधीशेषु को महान् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca sarasvatyās taṭe rājann ṛṣayaḥ satram āsata vitarkaḥ samabhūt teṣāṁ triṣv adhīśeṣu ko mahān
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- sarasvatyāḥ
- of the river Sarasvatī
- taṭe
- on the bank
- rājan
- O King (Parīkṣit)
- ṛṣayaḥ
- sages
- satram
- a Vedic sacrifice
- āsata
- were performing
- vitarkaḥ
- a disagreement
- samabhūt
- arose
- teṣām
- among them
- triṣu
- among the three
- adhīśeṣu
- chief lords
- kaḥ
- who
- mahān
- the greatest
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Once, O King, as a group of sages were performing a Vedic sacrifice on the banks of the Sarasvatī River, a controversy arose among them as to which of the three chief deities is supreme.