विदुर उवाच अत्रेर्गृहे सुरश्रेष्ठा: स्थित्युत्पत्त्यन्तहेतव: । 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
- my dear spiritual master.
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?