स होवाच बालाकिर्य एवैषोऽग्नौ पुरुषस्तमेवाहमुपास इति तं होवाचाजातशत्रुर्मा मैतस्मिन्समवादयिष्ठा विषासहिरिति वा अहमेतमुपास इति स यो हैतमेवमुपास्ते विषासहिर्वान्वेष भवति ॥ ८ ॥
In plain words
Bālāki said, "The person who is in the fire — him indeed I worship." Ajātaśatru said to him, "Do not draw me into talk about him. I worship him as the overpowering one." He who worships him thus becomes overpowering, and so do those who follow him.