यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः | स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ||३-२१||
yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ . sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate ||3-21||
- ācarati
- he does
- śreṣṭhaḥ
- a respectable leader
- tat
- that
- tat
- and that alone
- eva
- certainly
- itaraḥ
- common
- janaḥ
- person
- saḥ
- he
- yat
- whichever
- pramāṇam
- example
- kurute
- does perform
- lokaḥ
- all the world
- tat
- that
- anuvartate
- follows in the footsteps
Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.