The saying of the Vedas are, in the opinion of the ordinary person, contradictory. Whether on severe ! this is authoritative or that is so, when there is this conflict, how can they be considered to be spiritual.
शुक उवाच यदिदं वेदवचनं लोकवादे विरुध्यते। प्रमाणे वाप्रमाणे च विरुद्ध शास्त्रता कुतः॥