यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः ।
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥
हिन्दी अनुवाद
श्रेष्ठ मनुष्य जोजो आचरण करता है, दूसरे मनुष्य वैसावैसा ही आचरण करते हैं । वह जो कुछ प्रमाण देता है, दूसरे मनुष्य उसीके अनुसार आचरण करते हैं ॥
English
Whatever the best person does, others follow. Whatever standard they set, the world copies.
श्लोक का अर्थ
People copy the conduct of those they admire. A respected person's actions become the standard others imitate.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On Kurukshetra, Krishna is still teaching Arjuna how to act when the battle has not yet begun. He shows that leaders shape the behavior of everyone watching them, so Arjuna's conduct will matter far beyond his own life.
आज के संदर्भ में
A parent answers a rude message with calm. A child sees it, and that response becomes normal. People learn more from what you repeatedly do than from what you say.
सार
Your choices matter beyond you. Example quietly teaches more than instruction.
शब्दार्थ
यद्यत् (whatever) / आचरति (does, practices) / श्रेष्ठः (the best person) / तत् तत् एव (that very same) / इतरः (other) / जनः (people) / सः (that person) / यत् (whatever) / प्रमाणं (standard, authority) / कुरुते (sets, makes) / लोकः (the world, people) / तत् (that) / अनुवर्तते (follows)
यह श्लोक भगवद् गीता अध्याय 3: कर्म योग — कर्म का योग का भाग है, जिसमें कुल 43 श्लोक हैं।