अथ प्रियसख्यां स्नेहाधिकाः—
तदीयताभिमानिन्यो याः स्नेहं सर्वदाश्रिताः ।
सख्यामल्पाधिकं कृष्णात्सखीस्नेहाधिकास्तु ताः ॥
याः पूर्वं प्राणसख्यश्च नित्यसख्यश्च कीर्तिताः ।
सखीस्नेहाधिका ज्ञेयास्ता एवात्र मनीषिभिः ॥
atha priya-sakhyāṁ snehādhikāḥ—
tadīyatābhimāninyo yāḥ snehaṁ sarvadāśritāḥ |
sakhyām alpādhikaṁ kṛṣṇāt sakhī-snehādhikās tu tāḥ ||
yāḥ pūrvaṁ prāṇa-sakhyaś ca nitya-sakhyaś ca kīrtitāḥ |
sakhī-snehādhikā jñeyās tā evātra manīṣibhiḥ ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 8.131, 134)
“Now, those who have greater affection for their dear sakhī [are described]—Those who have the identity of being her own [i.e., of belonging to their dear sakhī] and are always endowed with affection slightly greater for their sakhī than Kṛṣṇa are [known as] those of greater affection for their sakhī. … They who were previously called the prāṇa-sakhīs and nitya-sakhīs are to known by the wise in this regard as those of greater affection for their sakhī.”