BG - 17.24

तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः।प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्।।17.24।।

tasmād oṁ ity udāhṛitya yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṁ brahma-vādinām

• tasmāt - therefore
• om - sacred syllable om
• iti - thus
• udāhṛitya - by uttering
• yajña - sacrifice
• dāna - charity
• tapaḥ - penance
• kriyāḥ - performing
• pravartante - begin
• vidhāna-uktāḥ - according to the prescriptions of Vedic injunctions
• satatam - always
• brahma-vādinām - expounders of the Vedas

Translation

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.

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