Atharvaveda · Sūkta 7.53

7.53.1

बृहस्पतिर्नः परि पातु पश्चादुतोत्तरस्मादधरादघायोः ।
इन्द्रः पुरस्तादुत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्यो वरीयः कृणोतु ॥ ७.५३.१ ॥

May Bṛhaspati guard us round about from behind, from the north, from below, from the malicious one. May Indra, our friend, from the front and from the middle, make us wider for friends.