So this is friendship. If one preaches Kṛṣṇa consciousness and teaches everyone that "Kṛṣṇa is your best friend . . ." He does not say, "I am your best friend." "I am your best friend in this sense, that I am giving you this information." Actually, Kṛṣṇa is your best friend. What can I do? I am a teeny living entity. What can I do for you? I be . . . may become your friend, but when you are in danger, I cannot give you any protection; Kṛṣṇa can give you protection.
This is real friendship. He does not take himself. He always carries the message only. Ya idaṁ . . . mad-bhakteṣv abhidhāsyati (BG 18.68). Simply our business is to carry the message of Kṛṣṇa. Then we are friend. Otherwise we are not friend. We may pose to become friend, but we are not friend, because we do not know how to benefit the friend. Sometimes we mislead him.