Brahma Vaivarta Mahā Purana - Śrī Kṛshṇa Janana Khaṇḍa
58 - The Shattering of the pride of the Goddess Earth, Savitri, Ganga, Manasa and Radha
Sri Narayana said- Once the goddess earth was also filled with pride, thinking that she was the foundation of everything. Thereafter, the lord got her pride shattered through Pruthu.
Then Savitri was filled with pride being the creator of the Vedas, the lord at once made her disappear along with her sons. Thereafter Ganga was filled with pride thinking that she was the only source for providing salvation to the people. The lord of the universe shattered her pride through the king Jahnu.
О sage, in the earlier times, the lord shattered the pride of Manasa through Durga. Once Radha denounced Krishna very badly finding him seated with Viraja and filled with pride she entered the dancing hall and she had them beaten by the gate-keepers and the cowherdesses with canes.
Thereafter Narada made Sudama who happens to be. his devotee, of pronounce a curse on Radha. As a move of destiny getting her pride suddenly shattered, Radha had to be born on earth leaving the Goloka. She was born from the womb of Kalavati the wife of Vrushabhanu. Lord Krishna also at her request went to the abode of Nanda on the pretext of the fear from the Kamsa. That is why I have been given the name of Nanda-Nandana. In order to fulfil the provisions of the curse of Sudama Krishna who happens to be the lord of the universe again went to Mathura. This has been told to me by Brahma who was born out of lotus. О Narada, immediately after birth why did he move from to Gokula to Mathura; no one could ever know about his intentions. I have thus spoken to you everything. Now you listen to me further. You listen from me the way Krishna the one who delighted the mind of Nanda went to Mathura, the way Yashoda and Nanda felt painful at heart, how the cowherds and cowherdesses of Vrundavana together with the cows started roaming about in the forest. By roaming about in the forest, they became wild and only the forest dwellers could speak out smoothing about them.
O sage, leaving aside the best of the orchards and pleasant groves they started roaming about living in one forest or the other, the cremation grounds or other places connected with the cremation grounds.
Deserting the villages, they started roaming about. Sometimes they lost their senses and sometimes they regained the same, sometimes they separated themselves from all and sometimes they started offering prayers. Sometimes they took deep sighs and in other moments they were engrossed in the devotion of the lord, sometimes they lay on bed and sometimes they got up from the same.
Summary of chapter 58 of the Brahma Vaivarta Mahā Purana - Śrī Kṛshṇa Janana Khaṇḍa is as follows:
As the days in Dvārakā approached the conclusion of the Lord's earthly pastimes, Uddhava approached Lord Kṛshṇa with a heavy heart, begging for final spiritual instruction before the impending departure of the Yādava dynasty. In response, Lord Kṛshṇa delivered the profound spiritual discourse known as the Uddhava Gītā, expounding upon the illusory nature of material existence, the yoga of devotion, the duties of the four ashrams, and the supreme path of unalloyed Bhakti, offering an eternal lighthouse of wisdom for spiritual seekers in the dark age of Kali Yuga.
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