[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968) › c7.34 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.34 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.34 - **Language:** English ### [c7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.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. - [Previous: c7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.33) - [Next: c7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.35) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.34) · Pramāṇa