# 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.