Third Adhyâya. Fourth Pâda: III, 4, 4

4. Because scripture directly states that. '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 1, and from this it follows that mere knowledge cannot effect the purpose of man. 289:1 For the instrumental case 'vidyayâ' directly represents knowledge as a means of work.