न तथा मे प्रियतम आत्मयोनिर्न शङ्कर: । न च सङ्कर्षणो न श्रीर्नैवात्मा च यथा भवान् ॥ १५ ॥
na tathā me priyatama ātma-yonir na śaṅkaraḥ na ca saṅkarṣaṇo na śrīr naivātmā ca yathā bhavān
- na
- not
- tathā
- in the same way
- me
- to Me
- priya-tamaḥ
- most dear
- ātma-yoniḥ
- Lord Brahmā, who is born from My body
- na
- nor
- śaṅkaraḥ
- Lord Śiva
- na
- nor
- ca
- also
- saṅkarṣaṇaḥ
- My direct expansion Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa
- na
- nor
- śrīḥ
- the goddess of fortune
- na
- nor
- eva
- certainly
- ātmā
- My own self as the Deity
- ca
- also
- yathā
- as much as
- bhavān
- you
My dear Uddhava, neither Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, the goddess of fortune nor indeed My own self are as dear to Me as you are.