वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव दानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् । अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् ॥ ८-२८॥ ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे अक्षरब्रह्मयोगो नामाष्टमोऽध्यायः ॥ ८॥ vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam atyeti tatsarvamidaṃ viditvā yogī paraṃ sthānamupaiti cādyam oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde akṣarabrahmayogo nāmāṣṭamo’dhyāyaḥ Whether fruit of merit is declared (in the scriptures) as springing up from study of the VEDAS, from performance of sacrifices, from practice of austerities, and from charity — beyond all these goes the YOGIN, who having known this (the two paths ) attains to the Supreme, Primeval (Essence) . vedeṣu = in the study of the Vedas; yajñeṣu = in the performances of yajna, sacrifice; tapaḥsu = in undergoing different types of austerities; ca = also; eva = certainly; dāneṣu = in giving charities; yat = that which; puṇyaphalaṃ = result of pious work; pradiṣṭaṃ = indicated; atyeti = surpasses; tat sarvaṃ = all those; idaṃ = this; viditvā = knowing; yogī = the devotee; paraṃ = supreme; sthānaṃ = abode; upaiti = achieves; ca = also; ādyaṃ = original.;