मातापितृविहीनो यस्त्यक्तो वा स्यादकारणात् । आत्मानमर्पयेद् यस्मै स्वयन्दत्तस्तु स स्मृतः ॥ १७७ ॥
He who, having lost his parents or being abandoned (by them) without (just) cause, gives himself to a (man), is called a son self-given (Svayamdatta).
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