evaáš kášášŁášÄtma-nÄtheᚣu
manuᚣyeᚣu ca sauhášdam
paricaryÄáš cobhayatra
mahatsu nášášŁu sÄdhuᚣu
evam - thus; kášášŁáša-Ätma-nÄtheᚣu - for those who take Lord KášášŁáša as the Lord of their soul; manuᚣyeᚣu - humans; ca - and; sauhášdam - friendship; paricaryÄm - service; ca - and; ubhayatra - rendered to both (moving and nonmoving creatures, or the Lord and His devotees); mahatsu - (especially) to the pure devotees of the Lord; nášášŁu - to human beings; sÄdhuᚣu - those who are fixed in saintly behavior.
According to ĹrÄŤla BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄŤ ᚏhÄkura, the highest duty for devotees of the Supreme Lord is to establish friendship with those who have completely surrendered to KášášŁáša and who have thus achieved ĹaraášÄgati, shelter at the Lordâs lotus feet. One should render service to both the Lord and His devotees, since the Lord is more pleased by sincere service rendered to His pure devotees. One should not only officially offer respect to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His devotees and His worshipful paraphernalia, but should actually render service to the representatives of the Lord, who are known as mahÄ-bhÄgavatas.