Atharva Veda 3.6

pumān puṃsaḥ parijāto 'śvatthaḥ khadirād adhi sa hantu śatrūn māmakān yān ahaṃ dveṣmi ye ca mām

Against enemies: with açvatthá

The male (púmāṅs) [is] born out of the male—the açvatthá forth from the khadirá; let it smite my foes, whom I hate and who [hate] me.

tān aśvattha niḥ śṛṇīhi śatrūn vaibādhadodhataḥ indreṇa vṛtraghnā medī mitreṇa varuṇena ca

Crush them out, O açvatthá, our violent foes, O expelling one, allied with Vṛtra-slaying Indra, with Mitra, and with Varuṇa.

yathāśvattha nirabhano 'ntar mahaty arṇave evā tānt sarvān nir bhaṅgdhi yān ahaṃ dveṣmi ye ca mām

As thou, O açvatthá, didst break out [the khadirá] within the great sea, so do thou break out all these, whom I hate and who [hate] me.

yaḥ sahamānaś carasi sāsahāna iva ṛṣabhaḥ tenāśvattha tvayā vayaṃ sapatnānt sahiṣīmahi

Thou that goest about overpowering, like a bull that has overpowered—with thee here, O açvatthá, may we overpower our rivals.

sinātv enān nirṛtir mṛtyoḥ pāśair amokyaiḥ aśvattha śatrūn māmakān yān ahaṃ dveṣmi ye ca mām

Let perdition bind them, with unreleasable fetters of death—my foes, O açvatthá, whom I hate and who [hate] me.

yathāśvattha vānaspatyān ārohan kṛṇuṣe 'dharān evā me śatror mūrdhānaṃ viṣvag bhinddhi sahasva ca

As, O açvatthá, ascending them of the forest-trees, thou dost put them beneath thee (ádhara), so the head of my foe do thou split apart and overcome.

te 'dharāñcaḥ pra plavantāṃ chinnā naur iva bandhanāt na vaibādhapraṇuttānāṃ punar asti nivartanam

Let them float forth downward, like a boat severed from its mooring (bándhana); of them, thrust forth by the expelling one, there is no returning again.

praiṇān nude manasā pra cittenota brahmaṇā praiṇān vṛkṣasya śākhayāśvatthasya nudāmahe

I thrust them forth with mind, forth with intent and incantation; forth with branch of tree, of açvatthá, we thrust them.