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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-gita (4.34)
therefore recommends:

tad viddhi pranipatena
pariprasnena sevaya

upadeksyanti te jana
Jfidninas tattva-darsinah

“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-darsi, 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

WASAHA Alaa J AHA: AE |
aaa: TAT Pst TIAA E U4
aa AAA TWAedSaTA Fa |
wma Aaarara ate aera: 128

WATT: aay aT: |
FNAL Ween AF

WIA WA AAA — 1120

yatheme ‘vikrta bhavds
tatha te vikrtaih saha

nana-viryah prthag-bhita
virdjam janayanti hi
