Gita Verse 17.24

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17, Verse 24

Sanskrit Verse

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

Transliteration

tasmād oṁ ity udāhṛitya yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ

pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṁ brahma-vādinām

Word meanings

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

Swami Sivananda's 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.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 17