स पिता सा च जननी यौ पुष्णीतां स्वपुत्रवत् । शिशून् बन्धुभिरुत्सृष्टानकल्पै: पोषरक्षणे ॥ २२ ॥
sa pitā sā ca jananī yau puṣṇītāṁ sva-putra-vat śiśūn bandhubhir utsṛṣṭān akalpaiḥ poṣa-rakṣaṇe
- saḥ
- he
- pitā
- father
- sā
- she
- ca
- and
- jananī
- mother
- yau
- who
- puṣṇītām
- nourish
- sva
- their own
- putra
- sons
- vat
- like
- śiśūn
- children
- bandhubhiḥ
- by their family
- utsṛṣṭān
- abandoned
- akalpaiḥ
- who are unable
- poṣa
- to maintain
- rakṣaṇe
- and protect
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.