[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) › 3.39 # Markandeyapurana 3.39 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 3.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.39) kathaṃ paraśarīrasya hetordehaṃ svakaṃ budhaḥ / vināśayed ghātayedvā yathā hyātmā tathā sutaḥ // > “Then we, afflicted, our terror visible in our trembling, exclaimed, ‘Alas, alas!’ and said, ‘not this deed! How for the sake of another’s body can a wise man destroy or injure his own body? for a son is even as one’s own self. A son pays those debts, indeed, that have been declared due to the pitṛs, the gods, and men; a son does not offer up his body. Therefore we will not do this; we have done as has been done by men of old. While alive one receives good things, and while alive one does holy acts. When one is dead, the body perishes, and there is an end of righteousness, &c. Men skilled in holy law have declared that one ought by all means to preserve one’s self.’ > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.38) - [Next: 3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.40) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.3.p13) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.3.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.39) · Pramāṇa