Shloka 48
Āloka-dāna (Dīpa-dāna), Sumanas–Dhūpa–Dīpa Phala: Manu–Suvarṇa and Śukra–Bali Exempla
यस्मादूर्ध्वगमेतत् तु तमसश्वैव भेषजम् । तस्मादूर्ध्वगतेर्दाता भवेदत्रेति निश्चय:
yasmād ūrdhvagam etat tu tamasaś caiva bheṣajam | tasmād ūrdhvagater dātā bhaved atreti niścayaḥ ||
لأن لهيب السراج يرتفع إلى العلوّ، فهو أيضًا دواءٌ لظلمةٍ كالداء. لذلك تقرّر هنا يقينًا أن من يتصدّق بسراجٍ يكون مُعطي «الارتقاء إلى العُلا»— فينال مراتب أسمى ورفعةً مباركة.
शुक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Giving a lamp is praised because light dispels darkness; symbolically it removes ignorance and brings auspicious elevation. Hence lamp-giving is said to bestow ‘ūrdhvagati’—higher progress and favorable destiny.
Śukra is explaining the merit of dāna (charitable giving), specifically dīpa-dāna. He reasons from the lamp’s upward-rising flame and its power to remove darkness to conclude that the donor gains upward spiritual/otherworldly progress.