What reasons are given by Śrī Prahlāda to Nārada that Hanumān is the actual recipient of mercy of Krishna?

Thank you Curioustoknow. You are not able to give all the resons given by Prahlāda due to shortage of space. Let me provide it here.

But Hanumān is much more fortunate. For many thousands of years he has enjoyed serving the Lord constantly, without obstruction. He is the most powerful person. When he was just a child, the demigods favored him with several wonderful benedictions. Thus he became immune to old age and death. He is free of all fear, he maintains great vows, and he performs auspicious deeds. Outstanding among heroes, he is an exceptional servant of the Lord of the Raghus. With playful disregard he jumped across thousands of miles of fathomless ocean. Expertly, in the capital of the Rākṣasa king, he comforted Mother Sītā in her distress. He boldly threatened his enemies, burned Laṅkā, and destroyed its citadel. When he brought back news of Sītā, he received his master’s deep embrace. It was Hanumān who acted as his Lord’s best carrier, his tail serving as a royal white umbr

rella, his broad back a comfortable seat for the Lord. And it was Hanumān who directed the project of bridging the ocean.

He fulfilled the desires of Vibhiṣaṇa. He destroyed the military force of the Rākṣasas. And he had the special power to deliver the healing herb called viśalya-karaṇī. He was the very life of his soldiers. Always giving great pleasure to his divine Lord and the Lord’s younger brother Lakṣmaṇa, he devotedly served as carrier for Them both.

Supremely intelligent and valorous, he brought victory for Lord Rāmacandra. He added to the spotless fame of his Lord, who killed the king of the Rākṣasas. It was Hanumān who encouraged Mother Sītā. And by the Lord’s order, this Hanumān, the one true recipient of his master’s favor, still lives in this world, though unable to bear separation from the Lord. He keeps himself alive by constantly hearing the glories of Lord Rāma. Staying by the side of the Lord’s Deity, He is present even today with the same splendor as always.

COMMENTARY

Prahlāda quotes the phrase kapi-patir dāsye from a famous verse:

śāraṅgi-śravaṇe parīkṣid abhavad vaiyāsakiḥ kīrtane

prahlādaḥ smaraṇe tad-aṅghri-bhajane lakṣmīḥ pṛthuḥ pūjane

akrūras tv abhivandane kapi-patir dāsye ’tha sakhye ’rjunaḥ

sarva-svātma-nivedane balir abhūd bhaktaḥ kathaṁ varṇyate

“Parīkṣit became perfect simply by hearing, the son of Vyāsa by chanting, Prahlāda by remembering, and Lakṣmī by serving the Lord’s feet. Pṛthu became perfect by Deity worship, Akrūra by offering prayers, and the chief of the monkeys by acting as a servant. Arjuna attained perfection by friendship, and Bali by surrendering everything he owned. How then can there be one description for what it means to be a devotee of the Lord?”

In Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī’s opinion, Śrīdhara Svāmī’s interpretation of the word dāsyam as “offering the Lord the fruits of one’s work” only partially describes Hanumān’s relationship with Lord Rāma. Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī says that dāsyam, rather, should be

understood to indicate the perpetual relationship of loving service, an exalted variety of transcendental rasa. Dāsya is complete service; it involves all the senses even on the physical level. Just as all the senses of the physical body are purified by a bath, they are all naturally engaged by a devotee’s absorption in dāsya-rasa. Therefore a relationship of servitude like Hanumān’s can be said to be superior to mere remembrance of the Lord. Prahlāda considers his own service of smaraṇa inferior because it is only an inner activity of the mind.

“Although Hanumān obtained from the son of Daśaratha the boon of liberation without striving for it, he never wanted to accept liberation without the opportunity to serve. To that Hanumān I offer my obeisances.”

COMMENTARY

This is another verse Prahlāda quotes from scripture, from Śrī Nārāyaṇa-vyūha-stava, as proof of Hanumān’s greatness. Liberation became available to Hanumān without his even trying for it, but still he did not want to accept it. He wanted only service to Lord Rāma, and nothing else. He thought, “Even if the cycle of birth and death is broken for me, I must continue serving my Lord!”

You certainly know glories of his that I haven’t mentioned. Why not go to Kimpuruṣa-varṣa, see him yourself, and be enlivened?

COMMENTARY

Prahlāda did not have to give Närada a long theoretical account of Hanumān’s exclusive devotion to Śrī Raghunātha’s lotus feet, because Nārada already knew of Hanumān’s devotion very well. For complete appreciation of Hanumān, Nārada must now only meet him in person.