Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 46

The Yogi is regarded as superior to those who practise asceticism, also to those who have obtained wisdom through the Shâstras. He is also superior to the performers of action enjoined in the Vedas. Therefore, be a Yogi, O Arjuna!

Of all the paths named across this whole conversation, this one gets named here as the one actually worth aiming for.

Krishna directly ranks the yogi above the ascetic, the scholar, and the ritual performer, not to dismiss those paths, but to point clearly toward the one that actually reaches furthest. The instruction that follows is direct and personal, not abstract.