Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 59
AV 7 59.1
यो नः शपाद् अशपतः शपतो यश् च नः शपात् । वृक्ष इव विद्युता हत आ मूलाद् अनु शुष्यतु
yo naḥ śapād aśapataḥ śapato yaś ca naḥ śapāt | vṛkṣa iva vidyutā hata ā mūlād anu śuṣyatu
Whoever shall curse us who do not curse, and whoever shall curse us as we curse — let him, like a tree struck by lightning, dry up from the root onward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Like a tree struck by lightning may the man be withered from the root. Who curseth us who curse not him, or, when we curse him. curseth us.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)