Verse Text
tatra vātsalya-ratir, yathā śrī-daśame
nandaḥ sva-putram ādāya pretyāgatam udāra-dhīḥ |
mūrdhny upāghrāya paramāṁ mudaṁ lebhe kurūdvaha ||54||
Translation
Vatsala-rati from the Tenth Canto: O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best of the Kurus, Nanda Mahārāja was very liberal and simple. He immediately took his son Kṛṣṇa on his lap as if Kṛṣṇa had returned from death, and by formally smelling his son’s head, Nanda Mahārāja undoubtedly enjoyed transcendental bliss. SB 10.6.43
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
An example of attachment for Kṛṣṇa with overwhelming affection is given in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto, Sixth Chapter, verse 43, where Śukadeva Gosvāmī addresses Mahārāja Parīkṣit in this way: “My dear King, when magnanimous Nanda Mahārāja returned from Mathurā, he began to smell the head of his son, and he was merged in the ecstasy of parental love.”