मातापितृभ्यामुत्सृष्टं तयोरन्यतरेण वा । यं पुत्रं परिगृह्णीयादपविद्धः स उच्यते ॥ १७१ ॥
He whom (a man) receives as his son, (after he has been) deserted by his parents or by either of them, is called a son cast off (Apaviddha).
english translation
मातापितृभ्यामुत्सृष्टं तयोरन्यतरेण वा । यं पुत्रं परिगृह्णीयादपविद्धः स उच्यते ॥ १७१ ॥
He whom (a man) receives as his son, (after he has been) deserted by his parents or by either of them, is called a son cast off (Apaviddha).
english translation