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

Karmanaiva hi samsiddhim - Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 03, Verse 20

'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 20

English:

Karmanaiva hi samsiddhim aasthitaa janakaadayah
Lokasangraham evaapi sampashyan kartum arhasi

Sanskrit: 

कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिम् आस्थिता जनकादयः
लोकसंग्रहम् एवापि सम्पश्यन् कर्तुम् अर्हसि

Oriya: 

କର୍ମଣେଇବ ହି ସଂସିଦ୍ଧିମ୍ ଆସ୍ଥିତା ଜନକାଦୟଃ
ଲୋକସଂଗ୍ରହମ୍ ଏବାପି ସମ୍ପଶ୍ୟନ୍ କର୍ତୁମ୍ ଅର୍ହସି

Selected word meaning:
karmanaa - by work, eva - likewise, hi - certainly, samsiddhim - perfection, aasthitaah - situated, janaka adayah - Janaka and other kings, loka sangraham - welfare of world, eva - also, api - for the sake of, sampashyan - by considering, kartum - to perform, arhasi - deserve

Translation:
King Janaka and others attained perfection by performing duties. Similarly, for the welfare of world you should perform your duties.

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

Tasmaat asaktah satatam - Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 03, Verse 19

'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 19

English:

Tasmaat asaktah satatam kaaryam karma samaachara
Asakto hyaacharan karma param aapnoti poorushah

Sanskrit: 

तस्मात् असक्तः सततम् कार्यम् कर्म समाचर
असक्तो हयाचारन् कर्म परमाप्नोति पुरूष:

Oriya: 

ତସ୍ମାତ୍ ଅସକ୍ତଃ ସତତମ୍ କାର୍ଯମ୍ କର୍ମ ସମାଚର
ଅସକ୍ତୋ ହ୍ୟାଚରନ୍ କର୍ମ ପରମାପ୍ନୋତି ପୂରୁଷହ

Selected word meaning:
tasmaat - therefore, asaktah - without attachment, satatam - constantly, kaaryam - prescribed actions (duties), karma - work, samachara - perfectly perform, asaktah - nonattached, hi - certainly, acharan - by performing, karma - work, param - the Supreme, aapnoti - achieves, purusah - a person

Translation:
Therefore, without attachment, always do your prescribed duties since by performing prescribed duties a person attains the Supreme.

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