Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 3.21
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 3.21 · 3 · Verse 21
Sanskrit Original
।।3.21।। यद्यत् कर्म आचरति करोति श्रेष्ठः प्रधानः तत्तदेव कर्म आचरति इतरः अन्यः जनः तदनुगतः। किञ्च सः श्रेष्ठः यत् प्रमाणं कुरुते लौकिकं वैदिकं वा लोकः तत् अनुवर्तते तदेव प्रमाणीकरोति इत्यर्थः।।यदि अत्र ते लोकसंग्रहकर्तव्यतायां विप्रतिपत्तिः तर्हि मां किं न पश्यसि
3.21 Yat yat, [This is according to the Ast. The G1. Pr. reads, yat yat yesu yesu.-Tr.] whatever action; a sresthah, superior person, a leader; acarati, does; itarah, another; janah, person, who follows him; does tat tat eva, that very action. Further, yat, whatever; sah, he, the superior person; kurute, upholds; as pramanam, authority, be it Vedic or secular; lokah, an ordinary person; anuvartate, follows; tat, that, i.e. he accepts that very thing as authoritative. 'If you have a doubt here with regard to the duty of preventing people from straying, then why do you not observe Me?'