BG 3.23
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः ।
मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥
मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥
yadi hy ahaṁ na varteyaṁ jātu karmaṇy atandritaḥ
mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
Word-for-word meanings
yadi — if; aham — I; jātu — ever; na varteyam — ceased to engage; karmaṇi — in action; atandritaḥ — vigilantly; pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; hi — [then] certainly; manuṣyāḥ — all human beings; anuvartante — would follow; mama — My; vartma — footsteps; sarvaśaḥ — in all respects.
Translation
If I ever ceased to be vigilantly engaged in action, O Arjuna, then certainly people in general would follow My footsteps in all respects.