[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) › 3.46 # Markandeyapurana 3.46 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 3.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.46) bhakṣayasva suviśrabdhau māmatra dvijasattama / āhārīkṛtametat te mayā dehamihātmanaḥ // > “Having thus addressed us, he next said to that bird, ‘When I have performed for myself the final sacrifice, and my obsequies, according to the Śāstras, do thou unhesitatingly eat me here, (O best of dvijas): this my body I here grant thee for food. The brahmanhood of a brahman is deemed such, so far indeed as he maintains his truthfulness, O chief of the feathered race. Not by sacrifices accompanied with presents, nor by any other act, do brahmans acquire such great virtue as by the of truth.’ > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.45) - [Next: 3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.47) - [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.p15) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.3.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.46) · Pramāṇa