न तथा मे प्रियतम आत्मयोनिर्न शङ्कर: ।
न च सङ्कर्षणो न श्रीर्नैवात्मा च यथा भवान् ॥
na tathā me priyatama ātma-yonir na śaṅkaraḥ |
na ca saṅkarṣaṇo na śrīr naivātmā ca yathā bhavān ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.14.15)
“Neither he who is self-born [i.e., Brahmā], nor Śaṅkara [i.e., Śiva], nor Saṅkarṣaṇa [i.e., Balarāma], nor Śrī [i.e., Lakṣmī], nor even my own self are so dearmost to me as you [O Uddhava].”