This becomes clear from the following Gita citations:—
1. The supreme Imperishable (aksara, Brahman) which the Veda-knower proclaim, which the men of self-control freed from passion attain, desiring which brahmacarya (life of chastity, truth and study) is practised-that is what Bhagavan Krsna briefly declared to Arjuna. The yogi who knows well Brahman, the individual soul, etc., transcending the fruits of the merit mentioned in the Vedas, sacrifices, askesis and charity,
goes to the highest state.'
2. The highest form of God, described in chapter XI, was shown to Arjuna by God being pleased (prasannena), but no one else in the mortal world can behold it by the Vedas, sacrifices, study, charity, rituals or intense askesis. Only by exclusive devotion (bhaktya ananyaya) God in that form can be known and seen in truth, and entered into.
3. The true nature of the body and self has been chanted by the Rishis in various ways;
in several Rig and other Vedic metres in a discriminative way; and in the reasoned decisive sentences indicating Brahman found in the Upanishads.
4. The peepal tree (the transmigratory world, 'samsara') has an upward root (Brahman) and downward branches (cosmic intellect, egoism, subtle elements, etc.) It is called imperishable (because though it is undergoing destruction every moment, it has been in existence from beginningless time and sustains the beginningless and endless series of bodies, etc.). The Vedas are its leaves (for, like leaves which protect a tree, they protect the world by revealing Dharma and Adharma, as well as their causes and results). He who knows this tree (of samsara along with its root, Brahman) is a knower of the Veda (he knows the meaning of the Veda).
5. Only God is to be known through all Vedas; He is the maker of the Upanishads and
the knower of the Veda. Since He transcends the changing and is superior to the changeless, He is well-known in the world and the Veda as the Supreme Person.
6. Aum Tat Sat is the threefold designation of Brahman. With it, in ancient times Brahmins, Vedas and sacrifices were ordained. The theologians after pronouncing OM undertake, as prescribed, acts of sacrifice, charity and askesis. The seekers of liberation pronounce Tat (That) and then undertake the same acts without coveting their fruits. Sat means the real, the good as well as any praiseworthy action. Action meant for, as well as steadfastness in, sacrifice, askesis and charity is also called Sat, but if these are without faith they are Asat.
1. The supreme Imperishable (aksara, Brahman) which the Veda-knower proclaim, which the men of self-control freed from passion attain, desiring which brahmacarya (life of chastity, truth and study) is practised-that is what Bhagavan Krsna briefly declared to Arjuna. The yogi who knows well Brahman, the individual soul, etc., transcending the fruits of the merit mentioned in the Vedas, sacrifices, askesis and charity,
goes to the highest state.'
2. The highest form of God, described in chapter XI, was shown to Arjuna by God being pleased (prasannena), but no one else in the mortal world can behold it by the Vedas, sacrifices, study, charity, rituals or intense askesis. Only by exclusive devotion (bhaktya ananyaya) God in that form can be known and seen in truth, and entered into.
3. The true nature of the body and self has been chanted by the Rishis in various ways;
in several Rig and other Vedic metres in a discriminative way; and in the reasoned decisive sentences indicating Brahman found in the Upanishads.
4. The peepal tree (the transmigratory world, 'samsara') has an upward root (Brahman) and downward branches (cosmic intellect, egoism, subtle elements, etc.) It is called imperishable (because though it is undergoing destruction every moment, it has been in existence from beginningless time and sustains the beginningless and endless series of bodies, etc.). The Vedas are its leaves (for, like leaves which protect a tree, they protect the world by revealing Dharma and Adharma, as well as their causes and results). He who knows this tree (of samsara along with its root, Brahman) is a knower of the Veda (he knows the meaning of the Veda).
5. Only God is to be known through all Vedas; He is the maker of the Upanishads and
the knower of the Veda. Since He transcends the changing and is superior to the changeless, He is well-known in the world and the Veda as the Supreme Person.
6. Aum Tat Sat is the threefold designation of Brahman. With it, in ancient times Brahmins, Vedas and sacrifices were ordained. The theologians after pronouncing OM undertake, as prescribed, acts of sacrifice, charity and askesis. The seekers of liberation pronounce Tat (That) and then undertake the same acts without coveting their fruits. Sat means the real, the good as well as any praiseworthy action. Action meant for, as well as steadfastness in, sacrifice, askesis and charity is also called Sat, but if these are without faith they are Asat.