Manusmriti

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मातापितृभ्यामुत्सृष्टं तयोरन्यतरेण वा । यं पुत्रं परिगृह्णीयादपविद्धः स उच्यते ॥ १७१ ॥

sanskrit

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

mAtApitRbhyAmutsRSTaM tayoranyatareNa vA | yaM putraM parigRhNIyAdapaviddhaH sa ucyate || 171 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript