Therefore, with the utterance of OM are begun the acts of sacrifice, gifts and austerity as enjoined in the scriptures, always by the students of BRAHMAN.

tasmāt = therefore; oṃ = beginning with om; iti = thus; udāhṛtya = indicating; yajña = of sacrifice; dāna = charity; tapaḥ = and penance; kriyāḥ = performances; pravartante = begin; vidhānoktaḥ = according to scriptural regulation; satataṃ = always; brahmavādināṃ = of the transcendentalists.;