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And then he (the adopted son) obtains ownership and respect in the Torld, on this samsakara (the birth ceremony being performed), and the mother and father are considered to be sonful {puttrina).
दत्तकः प्रतिकूलः स्यात् पितृभ्यां प्रागमृदूक्तितः। वोधयेत्तं पुनर्दीत् तादृशो जनकस्त्वरम् ॥५०॥ तत्पित्रादीन् तदुद्वान्तं ज्ञापयित्वा प्रवोधयेत् । भूयापि तादृशश्चैव बन्धुभूपाधिकारिणाम् ॥५१॥ आज्ञामादायगृहतो निष्काश्योर्भकस्त्वरम् । न तन्नियोगं भूपाद्याः शृण्वन्ति हि कदाचन ॥ ५२ ।।
If the adopted son goos beyond the control of the parents, he should be counselled by the parents in persuasive language. Then, with the same object, he should promptly be threatened by the father, Then his fault should be disclosed to his (natural) parents, and they should counsel him. Il be does not improve, the adoptive father should obtain the acquiescence of bis relations and the King's officers, and expel the boy from the house. The King, then, cannot listen to any petition of his rights by the expelled boy.
दत्तपुत्रं गृहीत्वा या स्वाधिकार प्रदाय च। जंगमे स्थावरे वापि स्थातुं स्वं धर्मवर्त्मनि ॥ ५३॥
A woman, adopting a boy, and making over all authority to him, puts him in possession of all
