सा तैत्तिरीयश्रुतिराह सादरं न्यासं प्रशस्ताखिलकर्मणां स्फुटम् । एतावदित्याह च वाजिनां श्रुति- र्ज्ञानं विमोक्षाय न कर्म साधनम् ॥ २१॥
The famous Taittriya sruti declares clearly and emphatically that all sastra-prescribed karmas are to be given up entirely. The Vajasaneya scripture (the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad) also declares, by statements such as “This alone is immortality,” that the means to total liberation is knowledge (jnana) and not work (karma).