The Rig Veda/Mandala 10/Hymn 173

1. 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 unremoved. Stand steadfast here like Indra's self, and hold the kingship in the grasp. 3. This man hath Indra stablished, made secure by strong oblation's power. May Soma speak a benison, and Brahmanaspati, on him. 4. Firm is the sky and firm the earth, and steadfast also are these hills. Steadfast is all this living world, and steadfast is this King of men. 5. Steadfast, may Varuna the King, steadfast, the God Brhaspati, Steadfast, may Indra, steadfast too, may Agni keep thy steadfast reign. 6. On constant Soma let us think with constant sacrificial gift And then may Indra make the clans bring tribute unto thee alone.