# Cc. Ādi 3.25 > যদ্‌যদাচরতি শ্রেষ্ঠস্তত্তদেবেতরো জনঃ । > স যৎ প্রমাণং কুরুতে লোকস্তদনুবর্ততে ॥২৫॥ ## Text > yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas > tat tad evetaro janaḥ > sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute > lokas tad anuvartate ## Synonyms *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. ## Translation **“ 'Whatever actions a great man performs, common people follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.'**