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Pradyumna: Translation = "Those who are interested in reviving Kṛṣṇa consciousness and increasing their love of Godhead do not like …

Prabhupāda:

ye vā mayīśe kṛta-sauhṛdārthā janeṣu dehambhara-vārtikeṣu gṛheṣu jāyātmaja-rātimatsu na prīti-yuktā yāvad-arthāś ca loke

[SB 5.5.3]

So the recommendation is that if you want to go back home, back to Godhead, divyam, so you have to …

Devotee: Silo.

Prabhupāda: Silo. So in India it is called morai, grain stock. And how many cows one has got in stock. …

So here it is description is giving that we are recommended to make association with mahat-sevā just to get liberation. …

So everything, in Kali-yuga, everything is being misused. But śāstra has given us direction who is brāhmaṇa, who is mahātmā. …

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gave hastini śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ

[Bg. 5.18]

Paṇḍita does not mean one who has got degree. Paṇḍita means sama-cittāḥ. That is sama-cittāḥ. Cāṇakya Paṇḍita has also said …

mātṛ-vat para-dāreṣu para-dravyeṣu loṣṭra-vat ātma-vat sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ paśyati sa paṇḍitaḥ

He is paṇḍita. Otherwise a rascal. Mātṛ-vat para-dāreṣu. As soon as you see one woman except your married wife, you …

So anyway, mahāntas, these are the symptoms. Sama-cittāḥ: they have no such thing, "Oh, here is Hindu, here is Musselman, …

So they are not mahātmā. Mahat, the first qualification is sama-cittāḥ. Everyone must be delivered. Not "I am... I am …

Prasannātmā. Praśāntā. Prakistho rūpeṇa santaḥ. Preaching is not very, I mean to say, pleasant. They have to meet so many …

So praśāntā. Praśāntā vimanyavaḥ, without any anger. Vimanyavaḥ. Suhṛdaḥ. These are the examples. Just see. Suhṛdaḥ. Su-hṛda means one who …

In India there are examples like Haridasa Ṭhākura, Prahlāda Mahārāja. And there in Western countries also, Lord Jesus Christ, he …

So vimanyavaḥ suhṛdaḥ sādhavaḥ. Sādhavaḥ. Sādhu. Generally, sādhu means devotee. Otherwise not sādhu. Sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ [SB 3.25.21]. There is a …