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Bhagavad Gītā 3.21

BG 3.21

यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः। स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते

yad yad ācharati śhreṣhṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute lokas tad anuvartate

For whatever a great man does, others imitate; people conform to the standard he has set.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

Whatever a great man does, others also do; whatever he establishes as the standard, the world follows.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

yat yat—whatever; ācharati—does; śhreṣhṭhaḥ—the best; tat tat—that (alone); eva—certainly; itaraḥ—common; janaḥ—people; saḥ—they; yat—whichever; pramāṇam—standard; kurute—perform; lokaḥ—world; tat—that; anuvartate—pursues

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 3.21, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/3.21), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense)

Dataset: Unlicense (public domain dedication). Translations: see per-translation licence.

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