Shloka 167
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
श्रुतं ते न श्रुतं मन्ये मृषा वापि श्रुतं श्रुतम् । अथवा श्रुतसंकाशं श्रुतमन्यच्छुतं त्वया
śrutaṁ te na śrutaṁ manye mṛṣā vāpi śrutaṁ śrutam | athavā śrutasaṅkāśaṁ śrutam anyac chrutaṁ tvayā ||
毗湿摩说道：“我以为你所谓‘听闻’者，实则未曾听闻；或纵然听过，也把那听闻化作虚妄。又或许你听的乃是别种教说，只是形似真正的天启圣典（śruti）——不过是貌似吠陀之物而已。”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mere exposure to scripture is not enough: one must truly comprehend and live it. Otherwise, ‘hearing’ becomes empty, distorted into falsehood, or replaced by teachings that only imitate Vedic authority.
Bhīṣma rebukes his interlocutor’s claim to learning, suggesting that the person either failed to grasp what was taught, deliberately twisted it, or followed a doctrine that only appears to be genuine śruti.