Aphorisms on Brahman 2.655.2

2.655.2

'yadeva vidyayā karoti śraddhayopaniṣadā tadeva vīryavattaraṃ bhavati' (chā. 1.1.10) iti ca karmaśeṣatvaśravaṇādvidyāyā na kevalāyāḥ puruṣārthahetutm // 4 //

'What a man does with knowledge, faith and the Upanishad is more powerful' (Kh. Up. I, 1, 10): this passage directly states that knowledge is subordinate to work, and from this it follows that mere knowledge cannot effect the purpose of man.