Sri-bhagavan uvaca
vedesu yajnesu tapahsu caiva
danesu yat punya-phalam pradistam
alyeti tat sarvam idam viditva
yogi param sthanam upaiti cadyam
(Attaining the Supreme, Text 28, Chapter 8)
Meaning: A person who accepts the path of devotional service is not bereft of the results derived from studying the vedas, performing austere sacrifices, giving charity or pursuing philosophical and fruitive activities. Simply by performing devotional service, he attains all these, and at the end he reaches the supreme eternal abode.
Bhagavad Gita: A person who accepts the path of devotional service,reaches the supreme eternal abode (Attaining the Supreme,Text 28, Chapter 8)