Bhagavad Gita 17.24
तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः।प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्।।
tasmād oṁ ity udāhṛitya yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṁ brahma-vādinām
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| tasmāt | tasmāt | therefore |
| om | om | sacred syllable om |
| iti | iti | thus |
| udāhṛitya | udāhṛitya | by uttering |
| yajña | yajña | sacrifice |
| dāna | dāna | charity |
| tapaḥ | tapaḥ | penance |
| kriyāḥ | kriyāḥ | performing |
| pravartante | pravartante | begin |
| vidhāna-uktāḥ | vidhāna-uktāḥ | according to the prescriptions of Vedic injunctions |
| satatam | satatam | always |
| brahma-vādinām | brahma-vādinām | expounders of the Vedas |
Therefore, with the utterance of "Om," the acts of sacrifice, gift, and austerity, as enjoined in the scriptures, are always begun by the students of Brahman.
इसलिए, ब्रह्मवादियों की शास्त्र प्रतिपादित यज्ञ, दान और तप की क्रियायें सदैव ओंकार के उच्चारण के साथ प्रारम्भ होती हैं।।