"This is factual evidence showing that it is possible at any time to fall down from the Lord’s association. One need only misuse his little independence. Once fallen and separated from the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s association, one becomes a candidate for suffering in the material world."
(Cc. Madhya 10.65)

"Tulasī said:”Listen, dear (lord), I shall declare that which is desired in my mind. Indeed, what shame do I have now before you who know everything?"

"And I am Tulasī. Formerly, I was situated as a gopī in Goloka, dear to Kṛṣṇa, a servant also, part and parcel of Him, dear to His girlfriends."

"In the circle of the rāsa dance, the mistress of the rāsa dance (Rādhārāṇī), approaching, saw me stunned, unsatiated, entwined together with Govinda."

"O grandfather, filled with anger, She rebuked Govinda and thus cursed me: ‘You! Go to a human birth!’"

"Govinda said to me: ‘Having performed austerity in Bhārata, you shall attain My (plenary) part with four arms (Nārāyaṇa) by the boon of Brahmā.’"

"Having spoken thus, He, the Lord of the gods, disappeared, abandoning (my) body out of fear of the goddess (Rādhā), I obtained birth on earth."

"Now I wish to attain Nārāyaṇa as my beloved, for He is peaceful and possesses a beautiful form. Give me such a boon."

The Supreme Lord said: “O lotus-born (Brahmā)! I know the entire story of Śaṅkhacūḍa, who formerly was My devotee, a cowherd of great splendor.

"O gods! Listen to all of this ancient history, which actually reveals the character of Goloka and destroys sin, for it is a cause of piety.

"O gods! Listen to all of this ancient history, which actually reveals the character of Goloka and destroys sin, for it is a cause of piety.

"There [in Goloka] I once went from My home to the circle of the rāsa dance, leaving the proud Rādhā, My most important girlfriend, the greatest.

"Understanding from the mouth of a female servant that I was with Virajā, She was enraged and at last went and saw Me there.

"And recognizing Virajā in the form of a river, and Me who had disappeared, She again furiously went to Her home together with Her girlfriends.

"Seeing Me in the house, already accompanied by Sudāmā, the goddess severely rebuked Me, and I became silent and very still.

"Hearing that, and being very great, Sudāmā became angry at Her. And he rebuked Her with anger in My presence.

"Hearing that, She, filled with anger, Her lotus eyes red, made a command to banish (him), trembling all over in My company.

"A hundred thousand sakhīs rose up, irresistible, glowing with splendor, and quickly banished him as he argued again and again.

"And hearing those words, She was fully enraged and cursed him with these harsh words: ‘Now go to a dānava womb!’

"As he was going, calling out, crying and bowing down to Me, She was satisfied and, again crying with compassion, stopped him.

"O child, stop! Don’t go! Where are you going?’ (She said) again and again. And calling out in this way, She went behind him perplexed.

"The gopīs also cried, and all the gopas, for they were very aggrieved, all of them, and also Rādhikā, after that being made aware by Me.

"(Rādhā said:) ‘Sudāmā, you will come back when half a moment has passed, having kept (the terms of) the curse.’ And (saying:) ‘May that young boy come back here!’ She was restrained.

"Yet ‘half a moment of Goloka would be one manvantara on the earth, O creator of the worlds.’ This statement is sure."

"According to Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was a liberated soul even within the womb of his mother."

"In the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa, Viṣṇu tells Śiva that in the age of Kali, men full of anxieties of various kinds can vainly labor in fruitive activity and philosophical speculations, but when they are engaged in devotional service, the result is sure and certain, and there is no loss of energy."

"To keep oneself in the deepest darkness concerning spiritual knowledge and at the same time claim to be an Āryan is a non-Āryan position. In this connection, Śrīla Madhvācārya quotes as follows from the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa... The purport is that as long as we are in this human form of body, our duty is to understand the soul within the body."

"Quoting from the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said: ‘In this age of Kali, five acts are forbidden: the offering of a horse in sacrifice, the offering of a cow in sacrifice, the acceptance of the order of sannyāsa, the offering of oblations of flesh to the forefathers, and a man’s begetting children in his brother’s wife.’"

"In the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa it is said...

Prabhupāda: Hm. This is very important verse. You can repeat this. One may take it by heart... Repeat it. (Devotees say the verse.) So aśītim means 'eighty.' Aśītiṁ caturas. Caturas means 'four.' So eighty-four. Eighty plus four means eighty-four. Lakṣān. Lakṣān means hundreds of thousands. So eighty-four hundreds of thousands..."

"The Ŗg Veda, Yajur Veda, Sāma Veda, Atharva Veda, Mahābhārata, Pañcarātra and original Rāmāyaṇa are all considered Vedic literature. The Purāṇas (such as the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa, Nāradīya Purāṇa, Viṣṇu Purāṇa and Bhāgavata Purāṇa) are especially meant for Vaiṣṇavas and are also Vedic literature."

"There are eighteen Purāṇas. Out of that, one Purāṇa is called Agni Purāṇa. And another Purāṇa is called Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa. So in these two Purāṇas, and many other Purāṇas also, this Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is there..."

"For the sattva-guṇa, the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa, Bhāgavata Purāṇa... Because knowledge has to be given to everyone, but according to his capacity."

"Prabhupāda: That will be nice. I was training, but they have not become so expert. As I am doing Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad..., they could do Padma Purāṇa, Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa in the same way, but our students are not so expert."