स होवाच बालाकिर्य एवैष प्रतिश्रुत्कायां पुरुषस्तमेवाहमुपास इति तं होवाचाजातशत्रुर्मा मैतस्मिन्समवादयिष्ठा द्वितीयोऽनपग इति वा अहमेतमुपास इति स यो हैतमेवमुपास्ते विन्दते द्वितीयाद्द्वितीयवान्भवति ॥ ११ ॥
In plain words
Bālāki said, "The person who is in the echo — him indeed I worship." Ajātaśatru said to him, "Do not draw me into talk about him. I worship him as the second who does not depart." He who worships him thus obtains a second and comes to have a companion.