Markandeyapurana 76.6

76.6

putra uvāca
māmattumicchati puro mārjārī kima na paśyasi /
antardhānagatā ceyaṃ dvitīyā jātahāriṇī //

The son spoke:
Dost thou not see, a cat in front wishes to devour me? And another, the hag who seizes newly-born children,[7] has vanished. And since thou, lady, looking on me lovingly in thy affection for thy son, dost keep on making me prattle and dost embrace me much, while thy hair rises up and thine eyes are suffused with tears springing from love, therefore I chanced to laugh. Hear also the reason of it. The cat intent on its own object looks on me who am attached to thee; and the other also, the hag who seizes newly-born children, has vanished. Just as these two, with hearts solicitous for their own self-interest,[8] were busy over me, even so thou appearest to me to be engaged in thy own self-interest. But the cat and the hag who seizes newly-born children aimed at enjoying me; thou on the other hand de-sirest to obtain good results from me which shall be enjoyed gradually. Thou dost not know me who I am, nor the benefit that I have conferred. Our meeting is for no very long time, a period of five and seven days. Nevertheless thou lovest and embracest me excessively with tears in thine eyes; sincerely thou callest me “dear child” and “lovely darling.”