[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) › 3.47 # Markandeyapurana 3.47 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 3.47 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.47) etāvadeva viprasya brāhmaṇatvaṃ pracakṣyate / yāvat patagajātyagraya svasatyaparipālanam // > “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: 3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.46) - [Next: 3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.48) - [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.3.47) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.47) · Pramāṇa