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

HYMN X

A prayer to the presiding deities of the four quarters for protection

1Thou art my wall of stone against the sinner who fights against
  me from the eastern quarter.
 May he encounter it!
2Thou art my wall of stone against the sinner who fights against
  me from the southern quarter.
 May he encounter it!
3Thou art my wall of stone against the sinner who fights against
  me from the western quarter.
 May he encounter it!
4Thou art my wall of stone against the sinner who fights against
  me from northern quarter.
 May he encounter it!
5Thou art my wall of stone against the sinner who fights against
  me from the stedfast region.
 May he encounter it!
  r 6.Thou art my wall of stone against the sinner who fights against
 Lme from the lofty region!
 M iy he encounter it!
7Thou art my wall of stone against the sinner who from points
  intermediate fights against me.
 May he encounter it!
8With Brihat I invoke the mind, with Mātarisvan both the
  breaths,
 The eye from Sūrya, and the ear from Air, the body from the
 Earth. p. a166
 We, with Sarasvati who suits the mind, call Speech to come to
  us.