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.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
नन्दः स्वपुत्रमादाय प्रेत्यागतमुदारधीः । मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राय परमां मुदं लेभे कुरूद्वह
nandaḥ svaputramādāya pretyāgatamudāradhīḥ | mūrdhnyupāghrāya paramāṃ mudaṃ lebhe kurūdvaha
SB 10.6.43