Markandeyapurana 76.4

76.4

jātismaraḥ sa jāto vai māturutsaṅgamāsthitaḥ /
jahāsa taṃ tadā mātā saṃkruddhā vākyamabravīt //

In another birth he was born from the eye[2] of the supreme deity, hence in this birth also he retained the condition[3] of Cākṣuṣa, O brāhman.[4] His mother repeatedly makes him prattle[5] as he lies in her lap after his birth, and embraces him lovingly and then again makes him prattle.[6] Being indeed born with a recollection of his previous existences, he laughed as he lay on his mother’s lap. His mother said to him angrily then—“I am frightened; what is this, my child, that there is laughter in thy mouth? Thou art born with premature intelligence. Perhaps thou seest something-bright!”