Bhagavad Gita 8.28
वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव दानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम्। अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम्।।8.28।।
vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam| atyeti tatsarvamidaṃ viditvā yogī paraṃ sthānamupaiti cādyam||8.28||
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- वेदेषु
- in the Vedas (scriptural study)
- यज्ञेषु
- in sacrifices
- तपःसु
- in austerities
- च
- and
- एव
- indeed/certainly
- दानेषु
- in acts of charity/giving
- यत्
- whatever
- पुण्यफलम्
- meritorious fruit/result
- प्रदिष्टम्
- is declared/prescribed
- अत्येति
- he transcends/goes beyond
- तत्
- that
- सर्वम्
- all
- इदम्
- this
- विदित्वा
- having known/understood
- योगी
- the yogi (one devoted to yoga)
- परम्
- the supreme
- स्थानम्
- abode/state
- उपैति
- attains/reaches
- च
- and
- आद्यम्
- the primal/original
Commentary
28. Whatever fruit of merit is declared to accrue from the V'edas, sacrifices, austerities and gifts, — beyond all this goes the Yogin on knowing this ; and he attains to the Supreme Primeval Abode.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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