PLATE FOUR
After Śrīla Vyāsadeva and his wife (the daughter of Jābāli) had performed penances together for many years, he placed his seed in her womb. The child remained in the womb of his mother for twelve years, and when the father asked the son to come out, the son replied that he would not come out unless he were completely liberated from the influence of  māyā  (illusion). Vyāsadeva then assured the child that he would not be influenced by  māyā , but the child did not believe his father, for the father was still attached to his wife and children. Vyāsadeva then went to Dvārakā and informed Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, about his problem. At Vyāsadeva's request, Lord Kṛṣṇa then went to Vyāsadeva's cottage, where he assured the child in the womb that he would not be influenced by  māyā . Thus assured, the child came out, but he immediately went away and became the great  parivrājakācārya  (wandering saint) Śukadeva Gosvāmī. (p. 140)