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Rig Veda 10.18.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 18, Mantra 5

Sukta 10.18

Rishi: RV 10.18 funerary hymn seer tradition.
Devata: Dhātṛ (the Arranger/Fashioner) as the ordering cosmic power; r̥ta-time (days/seasons) as its manifestation.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

यथाहान्यनुपूर्वं भवन्ति यथ ऋतव ऋतुभिर्यन्ति साधु । यथा न पूर्वमपरो जहात्येवा धातरायूंषि कल्पयैषाम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.18.5

yáthāhā́ny anupūrváṃ bhávanti yáthā ṛtáva ṛtúbhir yánti sādhú | yáthā ná pū́rvam áparo jáhāty evā́ dhātar āyū́ṃṣi kalpaya eṣām ||

As the days come in right succession, as the seasons move rightly with the seasons, as the later does not abandon the earlier—so, O Fashioner, arrange for them their life-courses in ordered continuity.

यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
अहानिdays
अहानि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुपूर्वम्in due order, successively
अनुपूर्वम्:
Adhikaraṇa (क्रम/रीति)
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial accusative)
Rootअनुपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भवन्तिcome to be, occur
भवन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
ऋतवःseasons
ऋतवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतुभिःby/with the seasons
ऋतुभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)
यन्तिgo, proceed
यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootया
साधुwell, properly
साधु:
TypeAdjective/Indeclinable (predicative)
Rootसाधु (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
पूर्वम्before, earlier
पूर्वम्:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial)
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अपरःthe later one, the following
अपरः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
जहातिleaves, abandons
जहाति:
TypeVerb
Rootहा
एवjust so, indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
धातरO Creator/Ordainer
धातर:
Sampradāna (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootधातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
आयूंषिlifetimes, spans of life
आयूंषि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
कल्पयarrange, set in order, allot
कल्पय:
TypeVerb
Rootकॢप्
एषाम्of these (persons)
एषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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