[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Bhagavatapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) › 5.5.2 # Bhagavatapurana 5.5.2 Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5.5.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.5.2) mahat-sevāṃ dvāram āhur vimuktes tamo-dvāraṃ yoṣitāṃ saṅgi-saṅgam / mahāntas te sama-cittāḥ praśāntā vimanyavaḥ suhṛdaḥ sādhavo ye // > 2 & 3. The wise say, to wait upon the great is the way to salvation, whereas the way to samsara (hell) is to be in association with those who are attached to women. They are the great who are possessed of equanimity (a state of mind regarding equally everything, serenity of mind, freedom from anger, a good heart to all and righteousness and piety; who regard love to me the Lord as their only purpose and who have no love to people that are given to objects calculated to nourish the body and to house-hold life consisting of wife, children, friends and wealth and who while in the world are content with what is sufficient for bare existence. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam - [Previous: 5.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.5.1) - [Next: 5.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.5.3) - [Up: 5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.5) ## Translations (2) - [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.5.5.p3) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.5.5.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.5.2) · Pramāṇa