Chapter 3, Verse 21
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः। स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।
yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ. sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate.. 3.21..
Word by word
- yad yad
- whatever
- ācarati
- does/practices
- śreṣṭhaḥ
- the best/noblest man
- tat tat
- that (same thing)
- eva
- indeed/only
- itaraḥ
- other/ordinary
- janaḥ
- people/person
- saḥ
- he
- yat
- whatever
- pramāṇam
- standard/authority
- kurute
- sets/establishes
- lokaḥ
- the world/people
- tat
- that
- anuvartate
- follows
Commentary
21. Whatsoever a great man does, that alone the other men do ; whatever he sets up as the standard, that the world follows.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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yad yad
ācarati
śreṣṭhaḥ
tat tat
eva
itaraḥ
janaḥ
saḥ
yat
pramāṇam
kurute
lokaḥ
tat
anuvartate
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