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Bhagavad-gītā 17.24
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 24
- तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः ।
- प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ॥२४॥
- tasmād oṁ ity udāhṛtya
- yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ
- pravartante vidhānoktāḥ
- satataṁ brahma-vādinām
tasmāttherefore — therefore; oṁbeginning with oṁ — beginning with oṁ; itithus — thus; udāhṛtyaindicating — indicating; yajñaof sacrifice — of sacrifice; dānacharity — charity; tapaḥand penance — and penance; kriyāḥperformances — performances; pravartantebegin — begin; vidhānaaccording to scriptural regulation-uktāḥaccording to scriptural regulation — according to scriptural regulation; satatamalways — always; brahmaof the transcendentalists-vādināmof the transcendentalists — of the transcendentalists.
Therefore, transcendentalists undertaking performances of sacrifice, charity and penance in accordance with scriptural regulations begin always with oṁ, to attain the Supreme.
Oṁ tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam (Ṛg Veda 1.22.20). 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.