For knowledge (jñāna) is better than practice (abhyāsa); meditation (dhyāna) is superior to knowledge; From meditation, the abandonment of the fruit of action (karmaphalatyāga); from abandonment, peace (śānti) immediately follows.
Knowledge is better than practice, meditation better than knowledge, rejecting fruits of action is better still—it brings peace.
(12) For better is wisdom than [mere] effort, better than wisdom meditation; and [better] than meditation to renounce the fruits of works: renunciation leads straightway to peace.
12.12 Knowledge is surely superior to practice; meditation surpasses knowledge. The renunciation of the results of works (excels) meditation. From renunciation, Peace follows immediately.
12.12 Far better is knowledge of the self then the repeated practice (of remembrance of the Lord). Better is meditation than this knowledge; Better is renunciation of fruits of action than meditation. From such renunciation, peace ensues.
12.12 Better indeed is knowledge than practice; than knowledge meditation is better; than meditation the renunciation of the fruits of actions: peace immediately follows renunciation.