AVŚ 20.17.11
बृहस्पतिर् नः परि पातु पश्चाद् उतोत्तरस्माद् अधराद् अघायोः । इन्द्रः पुरस्ताद् उत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्यः वरिवः कृणोतु ॥११॥
bṛhaspatir naḥ pari pātu paścād utottarasmād adharād aghāyoḥ | indraḥ purastād uta madhyato naḥ sakhā sakhibhyaḥ varivaḥ kṛṇotu ||11||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Brhaspati protect us from the rearward, and from above, and from below, from sinners! May Indra from the front, and from the centre, as Friend to friends, vouchsafe us room and freedom.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.11; the wording of this text may differ in places.