Kārttavīrya–Paraśurāma-saṅgrāma-kathā
Sagara’s Inquiry and Vasiṣṭha’s Account
उत्तमा भक्तिरेवास्ति गोपीनामुद्धवस्य च / वसिष्ठादिमुनीशानां मन्वादीनां शुभेक्षणे
uttamā bhaktirevāsti gopīnāmuddhavasya ca / vasiṣṭhādimunīśānāṃ manvādīnāṃ śubhekṣaṇe
O auspicious-eyed one, the highest bhakti is found in the Gopīs and in Uddhava; so too among the great sages beginning with Vasiṣṭha, and among the Manus and others.