तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः | प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ||१७-२४||
tasmādomityudāhṛtya yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ . pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṃ brahmavādinām ||17-24||
- tasmāt
- therefore
- oṁ
- beginning with oṁ
- iti
- thus
- udāhṛtya
- indicating
- yajña
- of sacrifice
- dāna
- charity
- tapaḥ
- and penance
- kriyāḥ
- performances
- pravartante
- begin
- vidhāna-uktāḥ
- according to scriptural regulation
- satatam
- always
- brahma-vādinām
- of the transcendentalists
- tat
- that
- iti
- thus
Therefore, transcendentalists undertaking performances of sacrifice, charity and penance in accordance with scriptural regulations begin always with oṁ, to attain the Supreme.