Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.34

c7.34

1. Like people [*viśaḥ*] who choose [*vṛṇānā*] their ruler, they have with fear turned away from Vṛtra.¹
2. Be with us; I have chosen thee: stand steadfast and immovable. Let all the people wish for thee: let not thy kingship fall away.²
Be even here; fall not away; be like a mountain unmoved.
Stand steadfast here like Indra's self, and hold the kingship (*rāṣṭra*) in thy grasp.³
Firm is the sky and firm the earth, and steadfast also are these hills.