स होवाच बालाकिर्य एवैष सव्येऽक्षन्पुरुषस्तमेवाहमुपास इति तं होवाचाजातशत्रुर्मा मैतस्मिन्समवादयिष्ठाः सत्यस्यात्मा विद्युत आत्मा तेजस आत्मेति वा अहमेतमुपास इति स यो हैतमेवमुपास्त एतेषां सर्वेषामात्मा भवतीति ॥ १७ ॥
In plain words
Bālāki said, "The person who is in the left eye — him indeed I worship." Ajātaśatru said to him, "Do not draw me into talk about him. I worship him as the self of truth, the self of lightning, the self of splendour." He who worships him thus becomes the self of all these.