Bhagavad Gita · Bhakti YogaChapter 12, Shloka 12 (12.12)

Shankaracharya — as praise. jñānam … avivekapūrvakāt abhyāsāt — knowledge is better than practice done without discernment; jñānapūrvakaṃ dhyānam; śāntiḥ … anantaram eva syāt, na tu kālāntaram apekṣate; and the key: sarvakarmaphalatyāgaḥ stūyate — here giving up the fruits is being praised (lauded), prarocanārthā — as encouragement; because sarvakāmatyāgasāmānya — it is akin to the renunciation of all desires.

Acharya Ramanuja — the practical sequence. atyarthaprītivirahitāt karkaśarūpāt smṛtyabhyāsāt — knowledge of the self is better than a harsh practice of remembrance that lacks love; meditation is better than incomplete knowledge; action done with the fruits given up is better than incomplete meditation; anabhisaṃhitaphalād anuṣṭhitāt karmaṇaḥ anantaram eva nirastapāpatayā manasaḥ śāntiḥ bhaviṣyati — from action done without desire for the fruit, sin is removed at once and the mind becomes peaceful; then meditation → knowledge → realisation → parā bhakti.

Shridhar Swami. The sequence: samyagjñānarahitād abhyāsāt … jñānaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ, then meditation, then giving up the fruits — tasmād evaṃbhūtāt karmaphalatyāgāt … samanantaram eva saṃsāraśāntir bhavati — from such giving up of the fruits comes, at once, peace from samsara.

Madhusudana Saraswati. He links giving up the fruits with the sarvakāmatyāga of the Upanishads — yadā sarve pramucyante kāmā ye 'sya hṛdi śritāḥ — when all the desires lodged in the heart fall away; and the peace comes anantaraṃ avyavadhānena na tu kālāntaram apekṣate — without delay.

Madhvacharya. He cautions: dhyānāt karmaphalatyāgaḥ iti tu stutiḥ — calling the giving up of fruits better than meditation is praise; in truth dhyānayuktatyāga eva cātroktaḥ — what is taught here is renunciation joined with meditation.