How could the sage Atri, being in a male body, overcome all three types of ego?

[Shri Bharath Krishna asked: Padanamskaram Swami, How could sage Atri, being in a "male body", have overcome all three types of Ego? Your defective servant, bharath Krishna]

Swami replied: Since Atri could overcome the three types of ego, he was called as Atri. Had he not overcome the three types of ego, he would have not been called as Atri. The three types of ego does not include the basic male gender ego, which is the seed. The three types are only the projected effects. He is also called Atri since he denied the three separate Gods. You must remember that God Rama asked the male sages to take birth as female Gopikas in order to get rid of the basic male gender ego.