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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.2.21

ततोऽग्निवेश्यो भगवानग्नि: स्वयमभूत् सुत: । कानीन इति विख्यातो जातूकर्ण्यो महानृषि: ॥ २१ ॥
tato ’gniveśyo bhagavān
[tato ’gniveshyo bhagavaan]
agniḥ svayam abhūt sutaḥ
[agnih svayam abhoot sutah]
kānīna iti vikhyāto
[kaaneena iti vikhyaato]
jātūkarṇyo mahān ṛṣiḥ
[jaatookarnyo mahaan rishih]
Word-for-word
tataḥ — from Devadatta agniveśyaḥ — a son named Agniveśya bhagavān — the most powerful agniḥ — the fire-god svayam — personally abhūt — became sutaḥ — the son kānīnaḥ — Kānīna iti — thus vikhyātaḥ — was celebrated jātūkarṇyaḥ — Jātūkarṇya mahān ṛṣiḥ — the great saintly person.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tato ’gniveśyo bhagavān
tataḥ
from Devadatta
agniveśyaḥ
a son named Agniveśya
agniḥ svayam abhūt sutaḥ
bhagavān
the most powerful
agniḥ
the fire-god
svayam
personally
abhūt
became
sutaḥ
the son
kānīna iti vikhyāto
kānīnaḥ
Kānīna
iti
thus
vikhyātaḥ
was celebrated
jātūkarṇyo mahān ṛṣiḥ
jātūkarṇyaḥ
Jātūkarṇya
mahān ṛṣiḥ
the great saintly person.
From Devadatta came a son known as Agniveśya, who was the fire-god Agni himself. This son, who was a celebrated saint, was well known as Kānīna and Jātūkarṇya.
Purport

Agniveśya was also known as Kānīna and Jātūkarṇya.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
From Devadatta came a son known as Agniveśya, who was the fire-god Agni himself. This son, who was a great sage, was well known as Kānīna and Jātūkarṇya. Agniveśya was known as Kānīna and Jātūkarṇa.
Personal Guidance
Agniveśya, the fire-god in human form, becomes a celebrated saint. Sometimes the divine slips into ordinary family lineages to model what saintliness looks like up close.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose seemingly ordinary life in my orbit might actually be a saintly descent in disguise?
  • Am I treating people based on their surface or watching for the divine within them?
📝 My note

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