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BHAGAVAD-GITA 17:24

 

tasmad om ity udahrtya

yajna-dana-tapah-kriyah

pravartante vidhanoktah

satatam brahma-vadinam

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

tasmat--therefore; om--beginning with om; iti--thus;

udahrtya--indicating; yajna--of sacrifice; dana--charity; tapah--and

penance; kriyah--performances; pravartante--begin;

vidhana-uktah--according to scriptural regulation; satatam--always;

brahma-vadinam--of the transcendentalists.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Therefore, transcendentalists undertaking performances of sacrifice,

charity and penance in accordance with scriptural regulations begin

always with om, to attain the Supreme.

 

PURPORT

 

Om tad visnoh paramam padam (Rg Veda 1.22.20). The lotus feet of Visnu

are the supreme devotional platform. The performance of everything on

behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead assures the perfection of

all activity.

 

Copyright 1983 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with

permission.

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