Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 7.7
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Chāndogya 7.7.1
विज्ञानं वाव ध्यानाद्भूयः विज्ञानेन वा ऋग्वेदं विजानाति यजुर्वेदँ सामवेदमाथर्वणं चतुर्थमितिहासपुराणं पञ्चमं वेदानां वेदं पित्र्यँराशिं दैवं निधिं वाकोवाक्यमेकायनं देवविद्यां ब्रह्मविद्यां भूतविद्यां क्षत्रविद्यां नक्षत्रविद्याँ सर्पदेवजनविद्यां दिवं च पृथिवीं च वायुं चाकाशं चापश्च तेजश्च देवाँश्च मनुष्याँश्च पशूँश्च वयाँसि च तृणवनस्पतीञ्छ्वापदान्याकीटपतङ्गपिपीलकं धर्मं चाधर्मं च सत्यं चानृतं च साधु चासाधु च हृदयज्ञं चाहृदयज्ञं चान्नं च रसं चेमं च लोकममुं च विज्ञानेनैव विजानाति विज्ञानमुपास्स्वेति ॥ ७.७.१ ॥
Knowledge is indeed greater than meditation. By knowledge one knows the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda, the fourth, the Atharva Veda, the epics and Puranas as the fifth Veda, the Veda of the Vedas, the knowledge of the ancestors, the divine treasure, logic and debate, the one path, the knowledge of the gods, the knowledge of brahman, the knowledge of beings, the knowledge of rulership, the knowledge of the stars, the knowledge of serpents and divine beings; heaven and earth, air and space, water and fire, gods and men, animals and birds, grasses and trees, beasts of prey, down to insects, moths, and ants; right and wrong, truth and falsehood, good and bad, what is known by heart and what is not, food and taste, this world and that world. All this one knows by knowledge alone. Meditate upon knowledge.
Chāndogya 7.7.2
स यो विज्ञानं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्ते विज्ञानवतो वै स लोकाञ्ज्ञानवतोऽभिसिध्यति यावद्विज्ञानस्य गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति यो विज्ञानं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवो विज्ञानाद्भूय इति विज्ञानाद्वाव भूयोऽस्तीति तन्मे भगवान्ब्रवीत्विति ॥ ७.७.२ ॥
Whoever reveres knowledge as brahman attains the worlds of the knowing and of the wise. As far as knowledge reaches, there he has free movement at will. Whoever reveres knowledge as brahman. (Narada:) Revered one, is there something greater than knowledge? (Sanatkumara:) There is something greater than knowledge. Let the revered one tell me that.