jnanad dhyanam visisyate

dhyanat karma-phala-tyagas

tyagac chantir anantaram

śreyaḥ—better; hi—certainly; jñānam—knowledge; abhyāsāt—by practice; jnānāt—better than knowledge; dhyānam—meditation; viśiṣyate—especially considered; dhyānāt—from meditation; karma-phala-tyāgaḥ—renunciation of the results of fruitive action; tyāgāt—by such renunciation; śāntiḥ—peace; anantaram—thereafter.

If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge. Better than knowledge, however, is meditation, and better than meditation is renunciatioां मैत्रः करुण एव च ।

maitrah karuna eva ca

nirmamo nirahankarah

sama-duhkha-sukhah ksami

santustah satatam yogi

yatatma drdha-niscayah

mayy arpita-mano-buddhir

yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah

adveṣṭā—not envious; sarva-bhūtānām—for all living entities; maitraḥ—friendly; karuṇaḥ—kindly; eva—certainly; ca—also; nirmamaḥ—with no sense of proprietorship; nirahaṅkāraḥ—without false ego; sama—equally; duḥkhaḥ—distress; sukhaḥ—happiness; kṣamī—forgiving; santuṣṭaḥ—satisfied; satatam—satisfied; yogī—engaged in devotion; yatā-atmā—endeavoring; dṛdḥaniścayaḥ—with determination; mayi—upon Me; arpita—engaged; manaḥ—mind; buddhiḥ—intelligent; yaḥ—one who; mat-bhaktaḥ—My devotee; saḥ me priyaḥ—he is dear to Me.

One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who is always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and intelligence are in agreement with Me-he is very dear to Me.