तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः ।प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ॥
tasmād oṃ ity udāhṛtya yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ |pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṃ brahmavādinām ||
- तस्मात् · tasmāt
- therefore
- ॐ · oṃ
- Om
- उदाहृत्य · udāhṛtya
- having uttered
- यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः · yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ
- acts of sacrifice, giving, and austerity
- प्रवर्तन्ते · pravartante
- proceed, are undertaken
- विधानोक्ताः · vidhānoktāḥ
- as enjoined by rule
- सततम् · satatam
- always
- ब्रह्मवादिनाम् · brahmavādinām
- of the speakers of Brahman
“Therefore the knowers of Brahman always begin their enjoined acts of sacrifice, giving, and austerity by uttering 'Om.'”
— Original plain-language translation
Om opens every sacred act — the sound of assent to the Absolute before the work begins. Beginning with Om consecrates the deed and steadies the doer. Custom survives here as living practice, not empty form.
— Reader's notes (original)