Bhagavad Gita · 3.21
॥
Devanāgarī
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः ।
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ |
sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute lokas tad anuvartate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यत् यत्yat yatwhatever, however.
आचरतिācaratihe does, he acts.
श्रेष्ठःśreṣṭhaḥa great man, the best, a leader.
तत् तत् एवtat tat evain that very way.
इतरः जनःitaraḥ janaḥother people, common folk.
सःsaḥhe [the great man].
यत्yatwhich.
प्रमाणम्pramāṇamexample, standard, authority.
कुरुतेkurutehe establishes.
लोकःlokaḥthe world, all people.
तत्tathim, this.
अनुवर्ततेanuvartatefollows.
Translation
“Whatever a great man does, others do as well. Whatever standard he sets by his actions, the whole world follows.”
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