### CC Adi 3.25

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

> yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas\
> tat tad evetaro janaḥ\
> sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute\
> lokas tad anuvartate

*yat yat*—however; *ācarati*—behaves; *śreṣṭhaḥ*—the best man; *tat tat*—that; *eva*—certainly; *itaraḥ*—the lesser; *janaḥ*—man; *saḥ*—he; *yat*—which; *pramāṇam*—standard; *kurute*—shows; *lokaḥ*—the people; *tat*—that; *anuvartate*—follow.

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