Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2

Sanskrit:

परिष्वक्तश्चिरोत्कण्ठैर्गोपैर्गोपीभिरेव च ।रामोऽभिवाद्य पितरावाशीर्भिरभिनन्दित: ॥ २ ॥

ITRANS:

pariṣvaktaś cirotkaṇṭhairgopair gopībhir eva carāmo ’bhivādya pitarāvāśīrbhir abhinanditaḥ

Translation:

Having long suffered the anxiety of separation, the cowherd men and their wives embraced Lord Balarāma. The Lord then offered respects to His parents, and they joyfully greeted Him with prayers.

Purport:

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī gives the following verse regarding this situation: “Let us repeatedly glorify Lord Balarāma. Although He is the original personality of eternal bliss, Nityānanda, He felt pained by His love for the residents of Vraja, and thus He went to see them, even at the cost of leaving Lord Kṛṣṇa.”