History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t1.147

v4.c63.t1.147

¹²⁵⁸ Vide *Amarendra Man Singh v. Sanatan* 60 I. A. p. 242. Though it may be conceded that in the majority of cases the object of the adopter is religious, the object of the giver and of the person adopted (if he is grown up) is far from religious. The main object of the latter two at least in modern times is to secure wealth without effort and hardly any religious motives enter into their minds. No one gives a son in adoption to a poor man, though a poor man has a soul to save as much as a rich man. Besides in adoption by widows, their motive is very often far from religious. They often adopt out of pique against their husband's brothers or nephews and for benefiting themselves monetarily by making agreements with the adopted sons to share the property with them.