Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 3 · The Way of Action

    Verse 21

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 3, Verse 21

    यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः। स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

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

    Translation

    Whatever a great man does, others do too. Whatever standard he sets, the world follows it.
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