Sanskrit
वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव दानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् । अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् ॥
vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yat puṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam atyeti tat sarvam idaṃ viditvā yogī paraṃ sthānam upaiti cādyam
Translation
The fruit of meritorious deeds, attached in the Vedas to sacrifices, to austerities, and also to almsgiving, the Yogî passeth all these by having known this, and goeth to the supreme and ancient Seat.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The chapter’s closing claim is a comparison: the merit earned through Vedic study, sacrifice, austerity, and charity — the entire apparatus of orthodox ritual religion — is surpassed by a yogi who has simply understood what this chapter has taught, and who then goes to the “supreme and ancient Seat,” the same akshara named in verses 20-21. It’s a familiar closing move in the Gita, ranking direct realization above accumulated ritual merit, and it sends Arjuna into the devotional focus of chapters 9 through 12.