Atharvaveda 3.6

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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