Skin, flesh, and blood, we hear, originate from the mother. Even this, O foremost of twice-born ones, is what may be read of in the Veda and other scriptures.
त्वङ्मांसं शोणितं चेति मातृजान्यपि शुश्रुम। एवमेतद् द्विजश्रेष्ठ वेदे शास्त्रे च पठ्यते॥