Shloka 3
Ātma-saṃyama-dharma: One-pointedness of Mind and Senses (शुक–व्यास संवादः)
वेदे वचनमुक्तं तु कुरु कर्म त्यजेति च । कथमेतद् विजानीयां तच्च व्याख्यातुमरहसि,वेदमें “कर्म करो” और “कर्म छोड़ो'--ये दोनों बातें कही गयी हैं। मैं इनका तात्पर्य कैसे समझूँ? जिससे इनका विरोध हट जाय। आप इस विषयकी व्याख्या करें
vede vacanam uktaṃ tu kuru karma tyajeti ca | katham etad vijānīyāṃ tac ca vyākhyātum arhasi ||
وید میں ‘کرم کرو’ اور ‘کرم چھوڑ دو’—یہ دونوں باتیں کہی گئی ہیں۔ میں ان کا مطلب کیسے سمجھوں کہ یہ ظاہری تضاد دور ہو جائے؟ آپ اس کی تشریح فرمائیں۔
शुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a classic interpretive problem: the Veda appears to command both engagement in duty (karma) and renunciation (tyāga). Śuka asks for a principled explanation that reconciles these teachings rather than treating them as mutually exclusive.
Śuka, as the speaker, poses a doctrinal question to a teacher/elder in the Śānti Parva discourse setting, requesting clarification on how to understand seemingly opposing Vedic directives about action and renunciation.