नन्दः स्वपुत्रमादाय प्रेत्यागतमुदारधीः ।
मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राय परमां मुदं लेभे कुरूद्वह ॥ ४३ ॥
murdhny upaghraya paramam
nandah-Maharaja Nanda; sva-putram adaya-taking his son Krsna on his lap; pretya-agatam-as if Krsna had returned from death (no one could even imagine that from such danger a child could be saved); udara-dhih-because he was always liberal and simple; murdhni-on the head of Krsna; upaghraya-formally smelling; paramam-highest; mudam-peace; lebhe-achieved; kuru-udvaha-O Maharaja Pariksit.
Nanda Maharaja could not understand how the inhabitants of his house had allowed Putana to enter the house, nor could he imagine the gravity of the situation. He did not understand that Krsna had wanted to kill Putana and that His pastimes were performed by yogamaya. Nanda Maharaja simply thought that someone had entered his house and created havoc. This was Nanda Maharaja's simplicity.