Great leaders exemplify the path; by following their ideal conduct, ordinary people naturally rise to perfection.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. yaj-jihvāgre nāma tubhyam aho bata śva-paco 'to garīyān yaj-jihvāgre nāma tubhyam [SB 3.33.7] [Oh, how glorious are they whose tongues are chanting Your holy name! Even if born in the families of dog-eaters, such persons are worshipable. Persons who chant the holy name of Your Lordship must have executed all kinds of austerities and fire sacrifices and achieved all the good manners of the Āryans. To be chanting the holy name of Your Lordship, they must have bathed at holy places of pilgrimage, studied the Vedas and fulfilled everything required.] "A person, whatever he may be, even he is very lowborn, but if he utters the holy name of God by his tongue, he becomes the glorious person." Śva-pacaḥ ataḥ. Śva-paca. Śva means dog, and pacaḥ ataḥ, pacaḥ ataḥ means one who eats dog. In India the dog-eaters are considered to be the lowest class of men, dog-eaters. So śva-pacaḥ ataḥ. Śva-pacaḥ ataḥ means the dog-eaters.
So even the dog-eaters, even if he is a dog-eater, it doesn't matter. If he can chant the holy name of Lord, then he becomes glorious. Aho bata śva-paco 'to garīyān yaj-jihvāgre nāma tubhyam. So this Hare Kṛṣṇa chanting is glorious, and anyone who chants this, he becomes glorious. So Lord Kṛṣṇa says that, yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas lokas tad... śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ sa yat pramāṇaṃ kurute lokas tad anuvartate [Bg 3.21] [Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.] Yad yad: "Whatever is practiced by the principal, or the superiors..." In every society, in every country, there are certain class of men who are considered the leaders, or the superior men. Lord Kṛṣṇa says that whatever is practiced by the top-list men, that is followed by the ordinary class of men. Sa yat pramāṇaṃ kurute: and the top-list man, whatever he adopts or whatever scripture or whatever instruction he admits, lokas tad anuvartate: ordinary class of men, they generally follow. The whole idea is that Kṛṣṇa wants Arjuna to become an ideal person, ideal person, so that ordinary men can follow. And generally, the practice is also the same.
Any leader, if the leader of the people, they are ideal, he is ideal... A leader of the man, if he is ideal, the followers also become ideal. And if the leader of the society or country is not an ideal man, then the followers or the countrymen or the members of the society, they are also of the same type. Now, Kṛṣṇa says, na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana nānavāptam avāptavyaṃ varta eva ca karmaṇi [Bg 3.22] [O son of Pṛthā, there is no work prescribed for Me within all the three planetary systems. Nor am I in want of anything, nor have I need to obtain anything—and yet I am engaged in work.] "Now see, Arjuna.
I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead. I have nothing to do in this world for gaining something." Everyone does something with the purpose of some gain. Without gain nobody works—either spiritual gain or material gain. Somebody works for material gain and somebody works for spiritual gain.
There must be some gain. But Lord Kṛṣṇa, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Supreme Personality of Godhead means He is full with opulence, all opulence. Now, what are the things we, generally, people aspire after? People, generally they want wealth.
They want riches. They want to be very highly rich man, accumulate wealth, millions and millions of rupees. Then somebody wants to become very strong man. Somebody wants to become very beautiful man.
Somebody wants to become very learned man. Somebody wants to be very famous man, so on. There are six opulences. I have discussed in this hall many times.