Therefore, having uttered "Om", the acts of sacrifice, charity, and austerity (yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ), Proceed continuously, as declared by the rules, for the expounders of Brahman (brahmavādinām).
OM—knowers of the infinite spirit chant it as they perform acts of sacrifice, charity, and penance prescribed by tradition.
(24) And so [all] acts of sacrifice, the giving of alms, and penance enjoined by [sacred] ordinances and ever again [enacted] by Brahman's devotees begin with the utterance of [the one word] Om.
17.24 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.
17.24 Therefore, the Veda-enjoined sacrificial acts, gifts and austerity by these expounders of the Veda, or those belonging to the first three stations are always and at all times begun after pronouncing Om at the beginning.
17.24 Therefore, with the utterance of Om are the acts of sacrifice, gift and austerity as enjoined in the scriptures, always begun by the students of Brahman.