Verse 18

¹⁴So at the outset the sages do works for the sake of no work; for a man who strives comes, more often than not, to not striving. ¹⁵The Bhagavan, the Lord, works, and yet is not caught in it; his aim is full in the having of himself, and those who follow after him do not sink. ¹⁶He works without I-making; wise, asking for nothing, full, moved by no one else, teaching men and standing on his own road: to that Lord, who brings every dharma into being, I go for refuge. ¹⁷Seeing him with a gathered mind uttering this secret formula, demons and night-walkers, hungry, ran at him to eat him. ¹⁸Seeing them set on that, Yajna, who is Hari and goes everywhere, surrounded by the gods called the Yamas, killed them and ruled the third heaven.