स होवाच बालाकिर्य एवैष च्छायापुरुषस्तमेवाहमुपास इति तं होवाचाजातशत्रुर्मा मैतस्मिन्समवादयिष्ठा मृत्युरिति वा अहमेतमुपास इति स यो हैतमेवमुपास्ते नो एव स्वयं नास्य प्रजा पुरा कालात्प्रमीयते ॥ १३ ॥
In plain words
Bālāki said, "The person who is in the shadow — him indeed I worship." Ajātaśatru said to him, "Do not draw me into talk about him. I worship him as death." He who worships him thus — neither he himself nor his offspring dies before its time.