tasmÄd oá¹ ity udÄhá¹›tya
yajña-dÄna-tapaḥ-kriyÄḥ
pravartante vidhÄnoktÄḥ
satataá¹ brahma-vÄdinÄm

tasmat--therefore; om--beginning with om; iti--thus; udahrtya--indicating; yajna--sacrifice; dana--charity; tapah--penance; kriyah--performances; pravartante--begin; vidhana-uktah--according to scriptural regulation; satatam--always; brahma-vadinam--of the transcendentalists.


Text

Thus the transcendentalists undertake sacrifices, charities, and penances, beginning always with om, to attain the Supreme.

Purport
Om tad visnoh paramam padam. 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.