ŚB 10.89.1
Canto 10, Chapter 89, Text 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
सरस्वत्यास्तटे राजन्नृषय: सत्रमासत ।
वितर्क: समभूत्तेषां त्रिष्वधीशेषु को महान् ॥ १ ॥
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
sarasvatyās taṭe rājann
ṛṣayaḥ satram āsata
vitarkaḥ samabhūt teṣāṁ
triṣv adhīśeṣu ko mahān
Word by word
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.
Translation
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.
Purport
The three chief deities mentioned here are Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva.