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place. Vasudeva was certainly a devotee of the Lord in full knowledge, and we must learn from devotees like him.  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.34) therefore recommends:
tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ
“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.” Vasudeva begot the Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet he was in full knowledge of how the Supreme Lord appears and disappears. He was therefore  tattva-darśī , a seer of the truth, because he personally saw how the Supreme Absolute Truth appeared as his son. Vasudeva was not in ignorance, thinking that because the Supreme Godhead had appeared as his son, the Lord had become limited. The Lord is unlimitedly existing and all-pervading, inside and outside. Thus there is no question of His appearance or disappearance.
TEXTS 15-17
यथेमेऽविकृता भावास्तथा ते विकृतैः सह । नानावीर्याः पृथग्भूता विराजं जनयन्ति हि ॥१५॥ सन्निपत्य समुत्पाद्य दृश्यन्तेऽनुगता इव । प्रागेव विद्यमानत्वान्न तेषामिह सम्भवः ॥१६॥ एवं भवान् बुद्ध्यनुमेयलक्षणै- ग्रहिर्गुणैः सन्नपि तद्गुणाग्रहः । अनावृतत्वाद् बहिरन्तरं न ते सर्वस्य सर्वात्मन आत्मवस्तुनः ॥१७॥
yatheme 'vikṛtā bhāvās tathā te vikṛtaiḥ saha nānā-vīryāḥ pṛthag-bhūtā virājaṁ janayanti hi