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

HYMN CXXXIV

A priest's prayer for power to punish wrong-doers

1This Thunderbolt shall take its fill of Order, scare life away and
  overthrow the kingdom.
 Tear necks in pieces. rend napes asunder, even as the Lord of
 Might the neck of Vritra.
2Down, down beneath the conquerors, let him not rise, concealed
  in earth, but lie down-smitten with the bolt.
3Seek out the fierce oppressor, yea, strike only the oppressor
  dead. p. a265
 Down on the fierce oppressor's head strike at full length, O
 Thunderbolt!