Ādi 3.25

TEXT 25

TEXT

যদ্‌যদাচরতি শ্রেষ্ঠস্তত্তদেবেতরো জনঃ ।
স যৎ প্রমাণং কুরুতে লোকস্তদনুবর্ততে ॥ ২৫ ॥

yad yad acarati sresthas

tat tad evetaro janah

sa yat pramanam kurute

lokas tad anuvartate

SYNONYMS

yat yat-however; acarati-behaves; sresthah-the best man; tat tat-that; eva-certainly; itarah-the lesser; janah-man; sah-he; yat-which; pramanam-standard; kurute-shows; lokah-the people; tat-that; anuvartate-follow.

TRANSLATION

"'Whatever actions a great man performs, common people follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.'

[Adi 3.25-1957]

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