Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, 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
随后，提婆达多生下一子，名阿耆尼韦舍耶（Agniveśya），实为火神阿耆尼（Agni）亲自化现。此大圣者又以“迦尼那”（Kānīna）与“阇度迦耳尼耶”（Jātūkarṇya）之名闻世。
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.