BG 4.33

श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप ।
सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते ॥
śreyān dravya-mayād yajñāj jñāna-yajñaḥ parantapa
sarvaṁ karmākhilaṁ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate

Word-for-word meanings

param-tapa — O scorcher of enemies;  jñāna-yajñaḥ — the sacrifice through awareness;  śreyān — is superior;  yajñāt — to the sacrifice;  dravya-mayāt — involving external objects;  sarvam — [since] all;  karma — actions;  akhilam — in their entirety;  pārtha — O son of Pṛthā;  parisamāpyate — culminate;  jñāne — in awareness.

Translation

O scorcher of enemies, the sacrifice through awareness is superior to that involving external articles, for all actions in their entirety, O Pārtha, culminate in awareness.

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