Word meanings
- yat yat
- whatever
- ācarati
- does
- śreṣṭhaḥ
- the best
- tat tat
- that (alone)
- eva
- certainly
- itaraḥ
- common
- janaḥ
- people
- saḥ
- they
- yat
- whichever
- pramāṇam
- standard
- kurute
- perform
- lokaḥ
- world
- tat
- that
- anuvartate
- pursues
Translations
Whatever a great man does, others also do; whatever he establishes as the standard, the world follows.
For whatever a great man does, others imitate; people conform to the standard he has set.
Whatever a superior person does, another person does the same! Whatever they uphold as authority, an ordinary person follows that.
श्रेष्ठ मनुष्य जो-जो आचरण करता है, दूसरे मनुष्य वैसा-वैसा ही आचरण करते हैं। वह जो कुछ प्रमाण देता है, दूसरे मनुष्य उसीके अनुसार आचरण करते हैं।Commentary
Man is a social animal. He is an imitating animal too. He takes his ideas of right and wrong from those whom he regards as his moral superior. Whatever a great man follows, the same is considered as an authority by his followers. They try to follow him. They endeavour to walk in his footsteps.