mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimuktes
tamo-dvaram yositam saṅgi-saṅgam
mahantas te sama-cittah prasanta
vimanyavah suhrdah sadhavo ye
mahat-sevam-service to the spiritually advanced persons called mahatmas; dvaram-the way; ahuh-they say; vimukteh-of liberation; tamah-dvaram-the way to the dungeon of a dark, hellish condition of life; yositam-of women; saṅgi-of associates; saṅgam-association; mahantah-highly advanced in spiritual understanding; te-they; sama-cittah-persons who see everyone in a spiritual identity; prasantah-very peaceful, situated in Brahman or Bhagavan; vimanyavah-without anger (one must distribute Krsna consciousness to persons who are hostile without becoming angry at them); suhrdah-well-wishers of everyone; sadhavah-qualified devotees, without abominable behavior; ye-they who.