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temple and having tinkled the sacred bell, they return to their home and give betel-leaves and sreephala (the bilva fruit), etc., previously sprinkled with saffron, to men and women and to servants. Having feasted all, they perform the birth ceremony.
परैौत्रादिमिर्नीतं मुकुटं श्रीफलादिकम् । एकद्वित्रिचतुरोपि मुद्रा रक्षेत्पिता शिशः॥४६॥
The father of the boy should accept and keep the diadems (literally, "crown," nukuta, but here "cap"), srecphala, etc., and one, two, three or four coins (mudra) brought by the brotherhood and others.
व्यवहारानुसारेण दानं ग्रहणमेव च। एतत्कर्मणि संजातेऽयं पुत्रोऽस्येति कथ्यते ॥४७॥ .
When giving and taking has taken place according to these rites and ceremonies, then the boy is said to be the son of this man (the adoptive father).
तदैवराज्यकर्मादिव्यापारेषु प्रधानताम् । प्राप्नोति भूमिग्रामादिवास्तुष्वधिकृतिं पराम् ॥४८॥
And it is then alone that in works of estate and trade the son gets recognition, and becomes entitled to land, villages and other things.
स्वामित्वं च तदा लोकव्यवहारे च मान्यताम् । तत्संस्कारे कृते चैव पुत्रिणौ पितरी स्मृता॥४९॥
