{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06088.htm","path":"hin/av/av06088.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06088.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Firm is the sky, firm is the earth, and firm is all this living\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0world;\n \u00a0\u00a0Firm are these mountains on their base, and stedfast is this King\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of men.\n 2Stedfast may Varuna the King, stedfast the God Brihaspati,\n \u00a0\u00a0Stedfast may Indra stedfast, too, may Agni keep thy stedfast\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0reign.\n 3Firm, never to be shaken, crush thy foemen, under thy feet lay\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0those who strive against thee.\n \u00a0\u00a0One-minded, true to thee be all the regions: faithful to thee, the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0firm, be this assembly!","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 88: A benediction addressed to a newly elected King","type":"page"}