Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.1.16
విదుర ఉవాచ
అత్రేర్గృహే సురశ్రేష్ఠా: స్థిత్యుత్పత్త్యన్తహేతవ: ।
కిఞ్చిచ్చికీర్షవో జాతా ఏతదాఖ్యాహి మే గురో ॥ ౧౬ ॥
vidura uvāca
[vidura uvaacha]
atrer gṛhe sura-śreṣṭhāḥ
[atrer grihe sura-shreshthaah]
sthity-utpatty-anta-hetavaḥ
[sthity-utpatty-anta-hetavah]
kiṣcic cikīrṣavo jātā
[kishchich chikeershavo jaataa]
etad ākhyāhi me guro
[etad aakhyaahi me guro]
Word-for-word
viduraḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Vidura said
atreḥ gṛhe
—
in the house of Atri
sura-śreṣṭhāḥ
—
chief demigods
sthiti
—
maintenance
utpatti
—
creation
anta
—
destruction
hetavaḥ
—
causes
kiṣcit
—
something
cikīrṣavaḥ
—
desiring to do
jātāḥ
—
appeared
etat
—
this
ākhyāhi
—
tell
me
—
to me
guro
—
my dear spiritual master.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vidura uvāca
viduraḥ uvāca
Śrī Vidura said
atrer gṛhe sura-śreṣṭhāḥ
atreḥ gṛhe
in the house of Atri
sura-śreṣṭhāḥ
chief demigods
sthiti
maintenance
sthity-utpatty-anta-hetavaḥ
utpatti
creation
anta
destruction
hetavaḥ
causes
kiṣcic cikīrṣavo jātā
kiṣcit
something
cikīrṣavaḥ
desiring to do
jātāḥ
appeared
etad ākhyāhi me guro
etat
this
ākhyāhi
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 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
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?
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Vidura said: O guru! Please tell me why Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, who are the creator, maintainer and destroyer, desired to be born in the house of Atri Muni.
Kiṣcit means “why.”
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