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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 82: Verses 30-38
The glory of Bhagavan Sri Krsna, which is sung by the Vedas (with such zest), the Ganga water that washes His feet and His utterances in the form of the scripture go a long way in purifying the world. The earth had of late been robbed of its splendour by Time; its potentialities have now been revived by the mere touch of His lotus-like feet, and it has once more begun to yield all the objects of our desire. You Yadus have both marital and lineal relationship with Sri Krsna. You constantly see Him, touch His sacred person, walk with Him, chat with Him, sit close to Him, eat with Him and even sleep with Him. Even though you lead the life of a householder, which ordinarily paves the way to hell, you have constalntly in your midst all-pervading Lord Visnu Himself, whose very sight puts an end to the craving not only for heaven but for salvation itself." Sri Suka continued : (Pariksit,) when (the celebrated Gopa) Nanda learnt that Bhagavan Sri Krsna and the other Yadus had come to Kuruksetra, he too came there together with other Gopas to see them with abundant supplies of provisions in their carts. The Yadus were delighted to see Nanda (and his companions). They stood up to receive him, even as dead bodies are spurred into activity when infused with new life.
Having been anxious for long to meet him, they embraced him tightly. Vasudeva embraced Nanda with great delight and was overwhelmed with emotion as he recollected (one by one) the persecutions to which he had been subjected by Kamsa, and how he had been compelled to place his sons in Nanda's keeping at Gokula. Bhagavan Sri Krsna and Sri Balarama embraced their foster-parents Nanda and Yasoda and bowed to them. Pariksit, overwhelmed with emotion, they could not utter a word as their throats were choked with tears. The blessed Yasoda and Nanda, too, made their foster-sons sit on their lap and folded them in their arms. This removed the agony of their heart (caused by the long separation from their children, the apples of their eyes.) Rohini and Devaki too embraced Yasoda, and remembering her friendly behaviour towards them spoke to her in faltering words with their throats choked with tears;-- "YaSoda, we can never forget the continued friendship you have showed to us. It is not possible for us to repay that debt, even if we obtain the fortune of Indra, the ruler of paradise. (Can anyone be so ungrateful as to forget that service of yours?)
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