Text 17] Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu 15

TRANSLATION

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?

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 Anasiiya, the wife of Atri Muni, there must have been some
great purpose. Otherwise why should they appear in such a way?

TEXT 17

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maitreya uvaca
brahmana coditah srstav
atrir brahma-vidam varah
saha patnya yayav rksam
kuladrim tapasi sthitah

maitreyah uvaca—Sri Maitreya Rsi said; brahmana—by Lord Brahma;
coditah—being inspired; srstau—for creation; atrih— Atri; brahma-vidam—of
the persons learned in spiritual knowledge; varah—the chief; saha—with;
patnya—wife; yayau— went; rksam—to the mountain named Rkga; kuladrim
—great mountain; tapasi—for austerities; sthitah—remained.

TRANSLATION

Maitreya said: When Lord Brahma ordered Atri Muni to create
generations after marrying Anasiya, Atri Muni and his wife went to
perform severe austerities in the valley of the mountain known as Rksa.
