Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 17, Verse 24

तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः । प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्

tasmādomityudāhṛtya yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ | pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṃ brahmavādinām

Translation

Therefore, with the utterance of 'Oṃ,' are the acts of sacrifice, gift and austerity, as enjoined in the scriptures, always begun by the students of Brahman.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

tasmāt

therefore

oṃ

Aum

iti

thus

udāhṛtya

having said

yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ

of sacrifice, and, of gift, and, of austerity, and, acts

pravartante

go forth

vidhānoktāḥ

by the rule, said

satatam

always

brahmavādinām

of Brahman-declarers

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Acts of sacrifice: acts in the form of sacrifice, etc.