[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Markandeyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) › 26.2 # Markandeyapurana 26.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 26.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26.2) yathāyathaṃ balaṃ lebhe yathā lebhe matiṃ pituḥ / tathā tathātmabodhañca so 'vāpanmātṛbhāṣitaiḥ // > Jaḍa spoke: > Now the queen trained up that son, as he grew day by day, to unselfish thought by talking and other means. As he regularly gained strength, as he gained his father’s intelligence, even so he acquired knowledge of himself through his mother’s talk. So the youth, instructed by her from his birth, having understanding and being unselfish, did not turn his mind towards family life. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26.1) - [Next: 26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26.3) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.26.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.26.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26.2) · Pramāṇa