Whatever fruit of merit is laid down for studying the Vedas, for sacrifices, for austerities, and for giving, the yogi who understands this goes beyond all of it, and reaches the supreme, primal abode.
Explanation
Krishna closes the chapter by telling Arjuna that a yogi who knows this truth rises above the merit (puṇya) earned through Vedic study, rituals, austerity and giving. A yogi here is one disciplined in steady union with the Divine through yoga. Such rewards are real but limited, while the yogi reaches the supreme, original state. Traditions differ on what that abode (sthāna) is: Advaita reads it as the Absolute (Brahman), while devotional schools read it as Krishna's or Vishnu's own realm.