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BG 17.24

तस्माद्ॐ इत्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः
प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्

tasmād oṃ ity udāhṛtya
yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ
pravartante vidhānoktāḥ
satataṃ brahmavādinām

SYNONYMS

tasmāt: therefore | om: beginning with om | iti: thus | udāhṛtya: indicating | yajña: sacrifice | dāna: charity | tapaḥ: penance | kriyāḥ: performances | pravartante: begins | vidhāna-uktāḥ: according to scriptural regulation | satatam: always | brahma-vādinām: of the transcendentalists. |

TRANSLATION

Thus the transcendentalists undertake sacrifices, charities, and penances, beginning always with om, to attain the Supreme.

PURPORT

Om tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam. The lotus feet of Viṣṇu are the supreme devotional platform. The performance of everything on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead assures the perfection of all activity.