वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव दानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् ।अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् ॥
vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yat puṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam | atyeti tat sarvam idaṃ viditvā yogī paraṃ sthānam upaiti cādyam ||
- वेदेषु · vedeṣu
- in the Vedas, Vedic study
- यज्ञेषु · yajñeṣu
- in sacrifices
- तपःसु · tapaḥsu
- in austerities
- दानेषु · dāneṣu
- in gifts, charity
- पुण्यफलम् · puṇyaphalam
- the meritorious fruit
- प्रदिष्टम् · pradiṣṭam
- declared
- अत्येति · atyeti
- passes beyond
- विदित्वा · viditvā
- having known (this)
- योगी · yogī
- the yogi
- परम् स्थानम् आद्यम् · param sthānam ādyam
- the supreme primal abode
“Whatever meritorious fruit is declared to lie in Vedic study, sacrifice, austerity, and charity — the yogi who knows this teaching passes beyond it all and reaches the supreme primal abode.”
— Original plain-language translation
The chapter closes by ranking this knowledge above all merely meritorious acts, whose fruits still lie within return. Knowing here means living what the chapter teaches. The primal abode of verse 21 is the final word.
— Reader's notes (original)