kṛṣṇaś ca kṛṣṇa-bhaktāś ca budhair ālambanā matāḥ raty-āder viṣayatvena tathādhāratayāpi ca

"The object of love is Krsna, and the container of that love is the devotee of Krsna. Both of them are called by the learned scholars alambana-the foundations." Similarly, uddipana is described: