Shloka 49
Āloka-dāna (Dīpa-dāna), Sumanas–Dhūpa–Dīpa Phala: Manu–Suvarṇa and Śukra–Bali Exempla
देवास्तेजस्विनो हास्मात् प्रभावन्त: प्रकाशका: । तामसा राक्षसाश्रैव तस्माद् दीप: प्रदीयते
devās tejasvino hāsmāt prabhāvantaḥ prakāśakāḥ | tāmasā rākṣasāś caiva tasmād dīpaḥ pradīyate ||
シュクラは言った。「神々は光輝に満ち、力強く、その本性によって世を照らす。これに対し羅刹は闇に属する。ゆえに灯明が捧げられる（闇を払い、光をもたらすために）。」
शुक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Radiance and clarity are associated with the divine (tejas), while darkness and obscuration are linked with tamas; ethical instruction is framed as moving from ignorance to illumination—symbolized by the giving of a lamp.
Śukra contrasts the nature of the Devas and the Rākṣasas and uses that contrast to justify a practical-symbolic act: providing a lamp, i.e., supplying light where darkness predominates.