Sutra 13
Devanagari script
स्थिरकर्मा नासमाप्य कर्मोपरमते ॥ कZ_०७.८.१३ ॥
Transliteration
sthirakarmā nāsamāpya karmoparamate
Translation
যি কৰ্মত স্থিৰ, সি কাম সম্পূৰ্ণ নকৰাকৈ নথামে।
Word by Word
स्थिरकर्माone who is steady in action (a steadfast worker/agent)
स्थिरकर्मा:
TypeNoun (adjectival, agent-noun)
Rootस्थिर + कर्मन्
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘स्थिरं कर्म यस्य सः’ (one whose action/work is steady); used as subject
नnot
न:
TypeParticle (negation)
Rootन
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय; negates the finite verb
असमाप्यwithout completing (having not finished)
असमाप्य:
TypeGerund (absolutive)
Rootसम् + आप्
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्गः सम्; नञ्-पूर्वकः ‘अ-समाप्य’ = ‘without completing/finishing’; expresses prior/non-accomplished action relative to main verb
कर्मwork; task; action
कर्म:
TypeNoun
Rootकृ (→ कर्मन्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; object of the gerund ‘असमाप्य’ (i.e., ‘not having completed the work’)
उपरमतेceases; desists; stops
उपरमते:
TypeVerb
Rootउप + रम्
Formलट् (वर्तमानकाल); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; ‘ceases/desists/stops’
FAQs
It signals reliability and reduces coordination risk; resources given to such an ally are less likely to be wasted through abandonment or wavering.