Bhagavad Gita · 17.24
॥
Devanāgarī
तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः ।
प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tasmād oṁ ity udāhṛtya yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ |
pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṁ brahma-vādinām ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तस्मात्tasmāttherefore.
ओम् इतिoṁ itiwith [the word] Oṁ.
उदाहृत्यudāhṛtyahaving uttered, beginning with.
यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाःyajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥthe acts (kriyāḥ) [consisting] of yajña, dāna, and tapas.
प्रवर्तन्तेpravartantebegin.
विधानोक्ताःvidhāna-uktāḥin accordance with the injunctions (vidhāna) [of the scriptures].
सततम्satatamalways.
ब्रह्मवादिनाम्brahma-vādināmamong those who follow Brahman, among the transcendentalists.
Translation
“Therefore the transcendentalists, when performing the sacrifices, charity, and austerities prescribed by the scriptures, always begin by uttering the syllable Oṁ, to attain the Supreme.”
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