महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-293, verse-17

त्वङ्मांसं शोणितं चैव मातृजान्यपि शुश्रुम ।
एवमेतद्द्विजश्रेष्ठ वेदशास्त्रेषु पठ्यते ॥१७॥

17. tvaṅmāṁsaṁ śoṇitaṁ caiva mātṛjānyapi śuśruma ,
evametaddvijaśreṣṭha vedaśāstreṣu paṭhyate.

17. tvak māṃsam śoṇitam ca eva mātṛjāni api śuśruma
evam etat dvijaśreṣṭha vedaśāstreṣu paṭhyate

17. dvijaśreṣṭha tvak māṃsam ca eva śoṇitam api mātṛjāni śuśruma.
evam etat vedaśāstreṣu paṭhyate

17. We have indeed heard that skin, flesh, and blood are born of the mother. O best among the twice-born (dvija), this is thus taught in the Vedas and sacred treatises (śāstra).

Words meanings summery:

• त्वक् (tvak) - skin, hide

• मांसम् (māṁsam) - flesh, muscle, meat

• शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood, red color

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• मातृजानि (mātṛjāni) - born of the mother, maternal

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• शुश्रुम (śuśruma) - we have heard, we have learned

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• एतत् (etat) - this (teaching/fact) (this, this matter)

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - addressing a distinguished Brahmin (dvija) (O best of twice-born)

• वेदशास्त्रेषु (vedaśāstreṣu) - in the Vedas and sacred treatises

• पठ्यते (paṭhyate) - is taught, is read, is recited

Words meanings and morphology

त्वक् (tvak) - skin, hide

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tvac

tvac - skin, hide, bark, rind

मांसम् (māṁsam) - flesh, muscle, meat

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - flesh, meat, muscle

शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood, red color

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śoṇita

śoṇita - blood, red (as adjective)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

मातृजानि (mātṛjāni) - born of the mother, maternal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mātṛja

mātṛja - mother-born, produced from the mother

Compound formed from mātṛ (mother) and ja (born).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mātṛ+ja)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Suffix -ja derived from root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

शुश्रुम (śuśruma) - we have heard, we have learned

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (teaching/fact) (this, this matter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - addressing a distinguished Brahmin (dvija) (O best of twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijaśreṣṭha

dvijaśreṣṭha - best among the twice-born (dvija)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+śreṣṭha)

• dvija – twice-born (dvija)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree from praśasta (excellent).

वेदशास्त्रेषु (vedaśāstreṣu) - in the Vedas and sacred treatises

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vedaśāstra

vedaśāstra - Vedas and sacred texts/scriptures (śāstra)

Compound type : dvandva (veda+śāstra)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• śāstra – sacred treatise, scripture, rule, science
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)

पठ्यते (paṭhyate) - is taught, is read, is recited

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (lat) of paṭh

Root: paṭh (class 1)