Shloka 10
Ātma-saṃyama-dharma: One-pointedness of Mind and Senses (शुक–व्यास संवादः)
शुक उवाच यदिदं वेदवचनं लोकवादे विरुध्यते । प्रमाणे वाप्रमाणे च विरुद्धे शास्त्रता कुत:
śuka uvāca yad idaṃ vedavacanaṃ lokavāde virudhyate | pramāṇe vāpramāṇe ca viruddhe śāstratā kutaḥ ||
须迦说：“父亲啊，这吠陀之教，若以世间常理衡量，似乎自相矛盾：一则说‘应当行事’，一则说‘应当舍弃行事’。这些言辞究竟是权威的（pramāṇa）还是非权威的？若说权威，它们彼此相违，又怎能被承认为论典之言（śāstra）？二者又如何能同时成立？我愿明白听闻此理——并请告知：不与业行之域相冲突，解脱又如何得以成就？”
शुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a classic hermeneutic problem: the Veda appears to teach both engagement in action (pravṛtti) and withdrawal/renunciation (nivṛtti). Śuka asks how both can be authoritative despite seeming contradiction, and how liberation can be achieved without rejecting action in a way that conflicts with dharma.
Śuka, in dialogue with his father (traditionally Vyāsa), raises a philosophical doubt about the Veda’s mixed injunctions. He requests a resolution: whether the statements are pramāṇa, how they can be śāstra if mutually opposed, and the practical path to mokṣa that does not create a quarrel with the domain of karma.