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  "name":"Bg. 17.24",
  "h1":"Bg. 17.24",
  "label":"Text 24",
  "title":"Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 17.24",
  "description":"Thus the transcendentalists undertake sacrifices, charities, and penances, beginning always with om, to attain the Supreme."

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Bg. 17.24

तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः ।
प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ॥२४॥

Text

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

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.