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सगर्भ ऊढायाः सह ऊढः ॥

the son born of a woman married while carrying is called sahodha.

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पुनर् भूतायाः पौनर्भवः ॥

the son of a remarried woman (punarbhátáyáh.) is called paunarbhava.

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स्वयं जातः पितुर् बन्धूनां च दायादः ॥

A natural son can claim relationship both with his father and his father's relatives.

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पर जातः संस्कर्तुर् एव न बन्धूनाम् ॥

but a son born to another man can have relationship only with his adopter.

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तत् सधर्मा माता पितृभ्याम् अद्भिर् मुक्तो दत्तः ॥

Of the same status as the latter is he who is given in adoption with water by both the father and mother and is called datta.

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