Yadyadaacharati shreshtha - Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 03, Verse 21

'Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita' recounts only selected verses of The Gita, which Krishna has said as it is. If you are pressed against time to go through around 700 verses of Bahgavad Gita, then this is the right place for you. This collection of verses is brought to you after years of listening to Bhagavad Gita from different sources. There is a separate post for complete list of verses.

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 03, Verse 21

English:

Yadyadaacharati shreshthastattadevetaro janah
Sa yat pramaanam kurute lokah tad anuvartate

Sanskrit: 

यदयदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः
स यत् प्रमाणम् कुरुते लोकः तदनुवर्तते

Oriya: 

ଯଦଯଦାଚରତି ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠସ୍ତତ୍ତଦେବେତରୋ ଜନଃ
ସ ଯତ୍ ପରମାଣମ୍ କୁରୁତେ ଲୋକଃ ତଦନୁବର୍ତତେ

Selected word meaning:
यत् yat = whatever, यत् yat = and whichever, आचरति aacharati = conduct onself, श्रेष्ठ: shreshthah = a respectable leader, तत् tat = that, तत् tat = and that alone, एव eva = certainly, इतरः itarah = common, जनः janah = person, सः sah = he, यत् yat = whichever, प्रमाणं pramanam = evidence, कुरुते kurute = does perform, लोकः lokah = all the world, तत् tat = that, अनुवर्तते anuvartate = follow

Translation:
Whatsoever a great personality does, common men also do and whatever he sets up as standard, that the world follows.

Sources:
Sermons of Gita in Mahavarat by Sri B. R. Chopra
Sermons of Gita in Sri Krishna by Sri Ramanand Sagar
Bhagavad Gita by Sri Swami Sivananda of Divine Life Society
Bhagavad Gita As it Is by Sri Swami Prabhupada of ISKCON