Shloka 44
वसवो मरुतो रुद्रा ये च साध्या मरीचिपा: । वालखिल्यादय: सिद्धा: श्रेष्ठत्वं प्राणिनां गता:,श्रेष्ठ विद्याधरगण दिव्य मन्दार-कुसुमोंकी मालाओंसे आपकी पूजा करके सफलमनोरथ हो तुरंत आपके समीप पहुँच जाते हैं। गुह्यक, सातः प्रकारके पितृगण तथा दिव्य मानव (सनकादि) आपकी ही पूजा करके श्रेष्ठ पदको प्राप्त करते हैं। वसुगण, मरुदगण, रुद्र, साध्य तथा आपकी किरणोंका पान करनेवाले वालखिल्य आदि सिद्ध महर्षि आपकी ही आराधनासे सब प्राणियोंमें श्रेष्ठ हुए हैं
vasavo maruto rudrā ye ca sādhyā marīcipāḥ | vālakhilyādayaḥ siddhāḥ śreṣṭhatvaṃ prāṇināṃ gatāḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “The Vasus, the Maruts, the Rudras, and the Sādhyas—along with the perfected sages beginning with the Vālakhilyas, who subsist on the rays—have attained preeminence among living beings. It is by worship and devotion that even such exalted classes of gods and accomplished seers rise to the highest status; thus reverence for the divine becomes the ethical path to excellence.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the highest divine classes and perfected sages attain supreme status through worship, devotion, and disciplined spiritual practice; excellence is presented as the fruit of reverence and sustained dharmic effort rather than mere birth or power.
Yudhiṣṭhira enumerates renowned groups of gods and siddhas (Vasus, Maruts, Rudras, Sādhyas, Vālakhilyas) to emphasize their exalted rank and to imply that such greatness is achieved through devotion and spiritual discipline.