Manava Dharmashastra 2.152

2.152

te pitrādisthānīyā putrakā ityāhvānenāgatamanyava utpannakrodhāstamarthaṃ putraśabdāhvānaṃ devānapṛcchantaḥ | ‘anena bālena vayamevamāhūyāmahe | kimetadyuktam |’
te devāḥ pṛṣṭāḥ santaḥ sarvve samavāyaṃ kṛtavantaḥ ‘sametya’ aikamatyaṃ sthāpayitvaitānkaveḥ pitṝnūcurūktavanto ‘nyāyyaṃ yuktaṃ vo yuṣmān śiśuruktavān’ |

They, having their anger aroused, questioned the gods about this matter; and the gods, having met together, said to them—“the child has addressed you in the lawful manner.”—(152)

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The said persons, substitutes of the father, ‘having their anger aroused,’—their resentment excited—by being called ‘little sons’—‘questioned the gods about this matter—of being addressed as ‘little sons’: ‘We are called by this boy little sons, is this proper?’

‘The gods’ thus questioned,—‘having met together’—convened a meeting, and having arrived at a unanimous decision,—‘said to them’—the fathers of Kavi,—‘the child has addressed you in the lawful manner’—i.e., properly.—(152)

This verse is quoted in Parāśaramādhava (Ācāra, p. 305)—in Vīramitrodaya (Saṃskāra, p. 480);—and in Smṛticandrikā (Saṃskāra, p. 93).

Comparative notes by various authors
(verse 150-154)
See Comparative notes for Verse 2.150.