BG - 12.12

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।

śhreyo hi jñānam abhyāsāj jñānād dhyānaṁ viśhiṣhyate dhyānāt karma-phala-tyāgas tyāgāch chhāntir anantaram

• śhreyaḥ - better
• hi - for
• jñānam - knowledge
• abhyāsāt - than (mechanical) practice
• jñānāt - than knowledge
• dhyānam - meditation
• viśhiṣhyate - better
• dhyānāt - than meditation
• karma-phala-tyāgaḥ - renunciation of the fruits of actions
• tyāgāt - renunciation
• śhāntiḥ - peace
• anantaram - immediately

Translation

Better indeed is knowledge than practice; better than knowledge is meditation; better than meditation is the renunciation of the fruits of actions: peace immediately follows renunciation.

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