Madhya 17.178
TEXT 178
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TEXT
যদ্যদাচরতি শ্রেষ্ঠস্তত্তদেবেতরো জনঃ ।
স যৎ প্ৰমাণং কুরুতে লোকস্তদনুবর্ততে ॥ ১৭৮ ॥ yad yad acarati sresthas
tat tad evetaro janah
sa yat pramanam kurute
lokas tad anuvartate
SYNONYMS
yat yat-however; acarati-behaves; srestah-the best man; tat tat-that; eva-certainly; itarah-the lesser; janah-men; sah-he; yat-which; pramanam-standard; kurute-shows; lokah-the people; tat-that; anuvartate-follow.
TRANSLATION
"Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues."
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Bhagavad-gita (3.21).
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