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Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at

HYMN LXXXVII

A benediction addressed to a newly elected King

1Here art thou: I have chosen thee. Stand stedfast and immov-
  able.
 Let all the clans desire thee: let not thy kingdom fall away.
2Be even here: fall not away: be like a mountain unremoved.
 Stand stedfast here like Indra's self, and hold the kingship in
  the grasp.
3This man hath Indra stablished, made secure by constant sacri-
  fice.
 Soma, and Brāhmanaspati here present bless and comfort him!