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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .4.54

tatra vātsalya-ratir, yathā śrī-daśame
[tatra vaatsalya-ratir, yathaa shree-dashame]
nandaḥ sva-putram ādāya pretyāgatam udāra-dhīḥ |
[nandah sva-putram aadaaya pretyaagatam udaara-dheeh |]
mūrdhny upāghrāya paramāṁ mudaṁ lebhe kurūdvaha ||54||
[moordhny upaaghraaya paramaam mudam lebhe kuroodvaha ||54||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatra vātsalya-ratir, yathā śrī-daśame
nandaḥ sva-putram ādāya pretyāgatam udāra-dhīḥ |
mūrdhny upāghrāya paramāṁ mudaṁ lebhe kurūdvaha ||54||
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

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.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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