कायवाङ्मनः कार्यमुत्तमम् ।पूजनं जप श्चिन्तनं क्रमात् ॥
कायवाङ्मनः कार्यम्उत्तमम् पूजनम् जपः चिन्तनम् क्रमात्
In plain words
There are three instruments and three acts to match them. The body worships. The mouth recites. The mind meditates. Each is finer than the one before it. So the ladder is not one of effort. It is one of how little is being handled.
Word for word
The act of body, speech and mind is superior in that order: worship, recitation and meditation, respectively.