Manu 9.177
मातापितृविहीनो यस् त्यक्तो वा स्याद्) अकारणात् । आत्मानम् अर्पयेद्) यस्मै स्वयंदत्तस् तु स स्मृतः ॥
mātā.pitṛ.vihīno yas tyakto vā syād) akāraṇāt | ātmānam arpayed) yasmai svayaṃdattas tu sa smṛtaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
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 (Svayawdatta).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.