Verse 3.21ॐ
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥3.21॥
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3.21 yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ
sa yat pramāṇaṃ kurute lokas tad anuvartate
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation
Whatever the best man does, that very thing the other people do. Whatever standard he sets, the world follows that.
Stoller MillerLiterary
Whatever a leader does, the ordinary people also do. He sets the standard for the world to follow.
ZaehnerJesuit
(21) Whatever the noblest does, that too will others do: live standard that he sets all the world will follow.
GambhiranandaAdvaita
3.21 Whatever a superior person does, another person does that very thing! Whatever he upholds as authority, an ordinary person follows that.
AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita
3.21 Whatever a great man does, other men also do. Whichever standard he sets, the world follows it.
SivanandaVedanta
3.21 Whatsoever a great man does, that the other men also do; whatever he sets up as the standard, that the world (mankind) follows.
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