Varahashrautasutra 2.2.3.2

2.2.3.2

nitānastvā māruto marudbhiruttarataḥ pātu - ādityāstvā purastādviśvairdevaiḥ pāntu - pitarastvā yamarājānaḥ pitṛbhirdakṣiṇataḥ pāntu - devendrastvendrajyeṣṭhā varuṇarājāno'dhastāccopariṣṭācca pāntu - iti madhye

[With] ‘May Nitāna the Māruta protect you with the Maruts from the north’, ‘May the Ādityas protect you with the All-Gods from the east’, ‘May the fathers, having Yama as king, protect you with the ancestors from the south’, ‘May the divine indras, having Indra as senior, having Varuṇa as king, protect you from below and from above’—[with this last formula] in the middle.