যদ্যদাচরতি শ্রেষ্ঠস্তত্তদেবেতরো জনঃ ।
স যৎ প্ৰমাণং কুরুতে লোকস্তদনুবর্ততে ॥ ১৭৮ ॥
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.
"Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues."