Krishna delivers a definitive hierarchy of spiritual practitioners, placing the Yogi at the absolute summit. He states: The Yogi is superior and greater than the ascetic who performs severe physical austerities (tapasvibhyo 'dhiko yogī). The Yogi is also considered superior even to the empiricist or the philosopher of knowledge (jñānibhyo 'pi mato 'dhikaḥ). And the Yogi is certainly superior to the fruitive worker who acts for material rewards (karmibhyaś cādhiko yogī). Because the Yogi sits at the apex of all paths, Krishna issues his final, ringing command for the chapter: Therefore (tasmād), O Arjuna, become a Yogi! (yogī bhavārjuna).