# Bhagavad Gita 3.21

**Canonical reference:** `gita.3.21`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥

## IAST

yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ
sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Whatever a great man does, that other men also do. And people follow whatever he receives as authority.

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