Atharva Veda 2.3.6: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 6
Sukta 3
शं नो॑ भवन्त्व॒प ओष॑धयः शि॒वाः । इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॒ अप॑ हन्तु र॒क्षस॑ आ॒राद् विसृ॑ष्टा॒ इष॑वः पतन्तु र॒क्षसा॑म्
śáṃ no bhavantv apá óṣadhayaḥ śivā́ḥ | índrasya vájro ápa hantu rákṣasa ārā́d vísṛṣṭā íṣavaḥ patantu rákṣasā́m
Be welfare unto us: let the Waters, let the Herbs be gracious. Let Indra’s thunderbolt smite the Rākṣasas away; from afar let the discharged arrows fly upon the Rākṣasas.
われらに安寧あれ。水よ、薬草よ、吉祥にして慈しみ深くあれ。インドラ（Indra）の金剛杵よ、ラークシャサ（Rākṣasa）を打ち払え。遠くより放たれた矢が、ラークシャサどもに飛びかかれ。
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages for rakṣoghna material; specific r̥ṣi attribution for this single mantra is not fixed in the provided excerpt).
Devata: Āpaḥ and Oṣadhayaḥ (healing agents); Indra (as rakṣas-slayer) and his Vajra/Íṣavaḥ (apotropaic instruments).
Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence with an expanded second pāda (Atharvanic flexibility in metrical realization).
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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