Shloka 21
Śrāddhadeva Manu’s Sons: Pṛṣadhra’s Curse and Renunciation; Genealogies of Nariṣyanta and Diṣṭa
ततोऽग्निवेश्यो भगवानग्नि: स्वयमभूत् सुत: । कानीन इति विख्यातो जातूकर्ण्यो महानृषि: ॥ २१ ॥
tato ’gniveśyo bhagavān agniḥ svayam abhūt sutaḥ kānīna iti vikhyāto jātūkarṇyo mahān ṛṣiḥ
Then from Devadatta was born a son famed as Agniveśya—Bhagavān Agni, the fire-god, himself. That great ṛṣi was renowned in the world as Kānīna and as Jātūkarṇya.
Agniveśya was also known as Kānīna and Jātūkarṇya.
FAQs
In this verse, Kānīna—also known as Jātūkarṇya—is identified as the son of Agniveśya, and Śukadeva explains that Lord Agni himself appeared in that lineage as this great sage.
The verse indicates a divine incarnation-like appearance: Agni, described as bhagavān, manifests within a human/sage lineage to continue the dynastic and spiritual history narrated in the Ninth Canto.
It encourages reverence for sacred lineage and saintly character—seeing divine arrangement in history and honoring teachers, sages, and disciplined spiritual heritage.