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Superior is wisdom-sacrifice to the sacrifice with objects, O Parantapa (scorcher of the foes). All actions in their entirely, O Arjuna, culminate in knowledge.

Better than the sacrifice of material things is the sacrifice of knowledge, scorcher of foes. All action without exception, Partha, finds its culmination in knowledge.

Among all the forms of sacrifice, Krishna now ranks jñānayajña, the sacrifice of knowledge, above offerings of material things. All action reaches its fulfilment in knowledge (jñāna). This does not cancel the call to act; rather it says that the purpose of all action is to lead to understanding. Traditions differ on emphasis: some see knowledge as the final goal beyond action, others as the light in which action is rightly done. Either way, knowledge crowns the whole range of sacrifices just described.