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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 5: Verses 15-27
For the purpose of propitiating Lord Visnu as well as for the welfare of his son, the high-souled and liberal-minded Nanda conferred on them as well as on the Sutas, the Magadhas and the Vandis and others who lived by their art or science (such as musicians, physicians, astrologers, dancers and interpreters of omens) raiment, ornaments and cattle-wealth, and suitably honoured them with gifts desired by them. Felicitated by Nanda, the cowherd chief, the highly blessed Rohini too (who excelled all the other wives of Vasudeva in that she had the rare good fortune of witnessing the childlike pastimes of Sri Krsna) moved about as the virtual mistress of Nanda's household (receiving female guests and ordering servants), decked with supernal clothes, garlands and necklaces (forgetting the distress of her captive husband). Thenceforward Nanda's Vraja became the seat of all prosperity turning into the (very) playground of Goddess Rama by virtue of its native excellences peculiar to an abode of Lord Sri Hari, O protector of meni Having charged the cowherds with the protection of Gokula, Nanda went to Mathura in order to pay his annual tribute to Kamsa, 0 jewel of the Kurus! Reliably hearing of his friend, Nanda, having come (to Mathura) and coming to know that he had paid his tribute, Vasudeva repaired to his camp (to see him and enquire about his own sons, Balarama and Sri Krsna).
Rejoiced to see him come and at once rising to his feet even as a body (lying unconscious) would do on consciousness returning to it, Nanda folded his most beloved friend in the arms, overwhelmed as he was with affection. Welcomed (by Nanda) and honoured with an enquiry after his health, and comfortably seated, Vasudeva, whose mind was deeply attached to his sons, sopke as follows, O protector of the people:- "It is a matter for congratulation, 0 brother, that an issue has now been vouchsafed to you, aged and issueless as you were, and had been shut out from all hopes of getting a progeny. Through good luck you have been perceived today like one reborn (revolving all along) on this whirligig of mundane existence; for the sight of a loved one is (so) difficult to obtain. The living together at one and the same place of friends engaged in diverse occupations, which is so agreeable, is not (always) possible any more than that of wooden planks etc., swept along by the current of a river. Is that Vrhadvana (Gokula) where you are residing at present surrounded (accompanied) by your kith and kin, favourable to cattle, free from diseases and provided with abundant water, grass and plants? Cherished by you both (your wife and yourself) and recognizing you as his father, is my son (Balarama), O brother, doing well with his mother (Rohini) in your Vraja?
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