sa pitÄ sÄ ca jananÄ«
yau puṣṇītÄá¹ sva-putra-vat
Å›iśūn bandhubhir utsṛṣṭÄn
akalpaiḥ poṣa-rakṣaṇe

 saḥ - he; pitÄ - father;  - she; ca - and; jananÄ« - mother; yau - who; puṣṇītÄm - nourish; sva - their own; putra - sons; vat - like; Å›iśūn - children; bandhubhiḥ - by their family; utsṛṣṭÄn - abandoned; akalpaiḥ - who are unable; poá¹£a - to maintain; raká¹£aṇe - and protect.


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They are the real father and mother who care for, as they would their own sons, children abandoned by relatives unable to maintain and protect them.

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