[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) › 76.5 # Markandeyapurana 76.5 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 76.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [76.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.76.5) bhītāsmi kimidaṃ vatsa ! hāso yadvadane tava / akālabodhaḥ sañjātaḥ kaccit paśyasi śobhanam // > 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!” > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 76.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.76.4) - [Next: 76.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.76.6) - [Up: 76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.76) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.76.p3) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.76.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.76.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.76.5) · Pramāṇa