To serve the servant of Krsna is better than to serve directly Krsna, because if the servant of Krsna promises something, if the servant of Krsna says, “I’ll take you to Krsnaloka,” you must go there.

From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.29 — Mayapur, March 7, 1976