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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.14.30

सापि तत्प्राशनादेव चित्रकेतोरधारयत् । गर्भं कृतद्युतिर्देवी कृत्तिकाग्नेरिवात्मजम् ॥ ३० ॥
sāpi tat-prāśanād eva
[saapi tat-praashanaad eva]
citraketor adhārayat
[chitraketor adhaarayat]
garbhaṁ kṛtadyutir devī
[garbham kritadyutir devee]
kṛttikāgner ivātmajam
[krittikaagner ivaatmajam]
Word-for-word
sā — she api — even tat-prāśanāt — by eating the remnants of food from the great sacrifice eva — indeed citraketoḥ — from King Citraketu adhārayat — bore garbham — pregnancy kṛtadyutiḥ — Queen Kṛtadyuti devī — the goddess kṛttikā — Kṛttikā agneḥ — from Agni iva — as ātma-jam — a son.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sāpi tat-prāśanād eva
sā
she
api
even
tat-prāśanāt
by eating the remnants of food from the great sacrifice
eva
indeed
citraketor adhārayat
citraketoḥ
from King Citraketu
adhārayat
bore
garbhaṁ kṛtadyutir devī
garbham
pregnancy
kṛtadyutiḥ
Queen Kṛtadyuti
devī
the goddess
kṛttikāgner ivātmajam
kṛttikā
Kṛttikā
agneḥ
from Agni
iva
as
ātma-jam
a son.
As Kṛttikādevī, after receiving the semen of Lord Śiva from Agni, conceived a child named Skanda [Kārttikeya], Kṛtadyuti, having received semen from Citraketu, became pregnant after eating remnants of food from the yajña performed by Aṅgirā.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
As the Kṛttikās, through Agni, had a child named Skanda, Kṛtadyuti, through Citraketu, became pregnant after eating remnants of food from the sacrifice. The Kṛttikās had a son through Agni. [Note: The Kṛttikās were only the mothers of Skanda only because they first gave him breast milk. Agni was the father only because he preserved Śiva’s semen for many years. ]
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Personal Guidance
Kṛtadyuti conceived after eating yajña-remnants, just as Kṛttikādevī conceived Skanda from sacred semen. Conceptions through grace echo earlier divine arrangements.
Reflection Questions
  • Which 'new thing' in my life has clear precedents in tradition?
  • How does that lineage of conception change my care for it?
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