स होवाच बालाकिर्य एवैष आदर्शे पुरुषस्तमेवाहमुपास इति तं होवाचाजातशत्रुर्मा मैतस्मिन्समवादयिष्ठाः प्रतिरूप इति वा अहमेतमुपास इति स यो हैतमेवमुपास्ते प्रतिरूपो हैवास्य प्रजायामाजायते नाप्रतिरूपः ॥ १० ॥
In plain words
Bālāki said, "The person who is in a mirror — him indeed I worship." Ajātaśatru said to him, "Do not draw me into talk about him. I worship him as the likeness." He who worships him thus — one who is his likeness is born in his offspring, and not one unlike him.