Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingतस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः।
प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
tasmād oṁ ity udāhṛitya yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ
pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṁ brahma-vādinām
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaTherefore, acts of sacrifice, charity, and austerity, as prescribed through injunctions, of those who study and expound the Vedas, always commence after uttering the syllable ‘Om’.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
इसलिए, ब्रह्मवादियों की शास्त्र प्रतिपादित यज्ञ, दान और तप की क्रियायें सदैव ओंकार के उच्चारण के साथ प्रारम्भ होती हैं।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiतस् मादोमित् युदाहृत् य
यज्ञ दान तप% क्रियाः
प्रवर् तन्ते विधानोक् ताः
सततम् ब्रह्मवा दिनाम्
॥ २४ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthatasmāttherefore
omsacred syllable om
itithus
udāhṛityaby uttering
yajñasacrifice
dānacharity
tapaḥpenance
kriyāḥperforming
pravartantebegin
vidhāna-uktāḥaccording to the prescriptions of Vedic injunctions
satatamalways
brahma-vādināmexpounders of the Vedas
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA17.24With which syllable do the scriptural acts of the followers of the Veda always begin?
Therefore, acts of sacrifice, charity, and austerity, as prescribed through injunctions, of those who study and expound the Vedas, always commence after uttering the syllable ‘Om’.
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