Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 3, verse 21
Often quoted about leadership and role models: people imitate those they look up to.
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यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः ।स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥
yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ |sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate ||
Whatever a great person does, others copy. Whatever standard such a person sets, the world follows.
श्रेष्ठ व्यक्ति जो-जो करता है, दूसरे लोग भी वही करते हैं। वह जो मानक बनाता है, दुनिया उसी पर चलती है।
श्रेष्ठ माणूस जे जे करतो तेच इतर लोक करतात. तो जे प्रमाण ठरवतो त्याचेच जग अनुसरण करते.
In Sanskrit, sounds at word edges merge (sandhi), so a line looks like one long word. Split it to see each word and its meaning.
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः ।स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥
कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः ।
King Janaka and others reached perfection through action itself. Keeping in mind the welfare of the world, you too should act.
3.22न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किंचन ।
Arjuna, in all the three worlds there is nothing I have to do and nothing I lack or need to gain, yet I keep on acting.
The Yoga of Action
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