Shloka 122
समुद्रलङ्घनारम्भः
Commencement of the Ocean-Crossing
पूजिते त्वयि धर्मज्ञ पूजां प्राप्नोति मारुतः।तस्मात्त्वं पूजनीयो मे शृणु चाप्यत्र कारणम्।।।।
pūjite tvayi dharmajña pūjāṃ prāpnoti mārutaḥ | tasmāt tvaṃ pūjanīyo me śṛṇu cāpy atra kāraṇam ||
اے دھرم کے جاننے والے! جب تیری پوجا ہوتی ہے تو ماروت (وایو دیو) بھی پوجا پاتا ہے۔ اسی لیے تو میرے لیے قابلِ تعظیم ہے؛ اور اس کی وجہ بھی یہاں سن۔
"O knower of righteousness! to worship you is to honour the Wind-god. Therefore you are worthy of worship for me. I will tell you the reason. Listen.
FAQs
Reverence to the worthy: honour offered to a virtuous person is also honour to the greater principles and sources behind that virtue.
Maināka explains that worshipping Hanumān is indirectly worshipping Hanumān’s divine father, and prepares to narrate the background.
Hanumān’s dharma-knowledge and worthiness of respect, acknowledged by Maināka.