Sitaare hai bohot, chand bhi hai roshan kahi;
Par salaam to us shamaa ko jo kareeb hai aur mufeed bhi..!!
-Mahira
Explanation
At night, though there are stars and moon around, we still need a source of light. So salute to that light which is useful to me as it is closer to me.
The analogy can be used to salute people around us.
Though there are erudite scholar, learned people out there but I'll still salute people around me from whom I have learned stuff.
( Mufeed - useful )