Rigveda 10.018.05
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 18 · Verse 10.18.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यथाहा॑न्यनुपू॒र्वं भव॑न्ति॒ यथ॑ ऋ॒तव॑ ऋ॒तुभि॒र्यन्ति॑ सा॒धु । यथा॒ न पूर्व॒मप॑रो॒ जहा॑त्ये॒वा धा॑त॒रायूं॑षि कल्पयैषाम्
yathāhānyanupūrvaṃ bhavanti yatha ṛtava ṛtubhiryanti sādhu yathā na pūrvamaparo jahātyevā dhātarāyūṃṣi kalpayaiṣām
As days follow each other they are rightly ordered, as the rites follow the rites — so be it. As before, let not one person cast away another; ordain their lifespans for the establisher.
As days pass along in succession; as season are duly followed by seasons; as the successor doesnot abandon his predecessor, so, Dhātā, support the lives of these (my kinsmen).
As the days follow days in close succession, as with the seasons duly come the seasons, As each successor fails not his foregoer, so form the lives of these, O great Ordainer.