This chapter discusses the destruction of the Yadu dynasty in connection with the winding up of the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

After Sri Uddhava left for Badarikasrama, Lord Sri Krishna, taking note of many bad omens, advised the Yadavas to abandon Dvaraka and go to Prabhasa, on the bank of the Sarasvati, to perform svasty-ayana and other rituals for counteracting bad fortune. They followed His advice and went to Prabhasa. There they became absorbed in festivity, and by the illusory power of Lord Krishna they became intoxicated from drinking liquor. Thus losing their intelligence, they quarreled among themselves and began killing one another, until not a man was left alive.

Afterward, Sri Baladeva went to the shore of the ocean and by the mystic strength of yoga gave up His body. Seeing the disappearance of Baladeva, Lord Sri Krishna sat down silently upon the ground. Then a hunter named Jara, mistaking the sole of the Lord's left foot for a deer, pierced it with an arrow. The hunter immediately understood his mistake and, falling at the feet of Lord Sri Krishna, begged to be punished. In reply Lord Krishna told the hunter that what he had done was actually according to His own desire. The Lord then sent the hunter to Vaikuntha.

When Daruka, Krishna's charioteer, arrived on the scene and saw Lord Krishna in that condition, he began to lament. Krishna told him that he should go to Dvaraka, inform the residents about the annihilation of the Yadu dynasty, and advise them all to leave Dvaraka for Indraprastha. Daruka obediently carried out this order.