Mahabharata 7.156.13
द्वाभ्यां जातो हि मातृभ्यामर्धदेहः पृथक्पृथक्तया स संधितो यस्माज्जरासंधस्ततः स्मृतः
dvābhyāṃ jāto hi mātṛbhyāmardhadehaḥ pṛthakpṛthaktayā sa saṃdhito yasmājjarāsaṃdhastataḥ smṛtaḥ
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