If a man knowing my power, tries to destroy me by muttering prayers, etc., I prevail over him by deluding him with the belief that I am the ego within him. If he desire to destroy me by means of sacrifices with many presents, I deceive hiin by appearing in his mind as a most virtuous creature amongst the mobile creation, and if he wish to destroy me by mastering the Vedas and its auxiliaries, I overreach him by appearing to his mind to be the soul of virtue amongst the immobile creation.
यो मां प्रयतते हन्तुं यज्ञैर्विविधदक्षिणैः। जङ्गमेष्विव धर्मात्मा पुनः प्रादुर्भवाम्यहम्॥ यो मां प्रयतते नित्यं वेदैर्वेदान्तसाधनैः। स्थावरेष्विव भूतात्मा तस्य प्रादुर्भवाम्यहम्॥