As in a sacrifice a blazing fire spreads its effulgence all around when libations of clarified butter are poured upon it, similarly did Shuka take his birth, blazing with effulgence on account of his own energy.
यथाध्वरे समिद्धोऽग्नि ति हव्यमुदावहम्॥ तथारूप: शुको जज्ञे प्रज्वलन्निव तेजसा।