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Verse 8·28

The yogi transcends all merit through knowledge

TopicsJñāna Yoga — Path of Knowledge

Verse

वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैवदानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् ।अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वायोगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् ॥

The fruits of meritorious deeds declared in the Vedas, sacrifices, austerities and charitable gifts, the Yogin passes all these by having known this and attains to the supreme and sempiternal status.

Gītā 8·28

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in