Sutra 35

Devanagari script

यत्किंचनकारी न किंचिदासादयति ॥ कZ_०७.११.३५ ॥

Transliteration

yatkiṃcanakārī na kiṃcid āsādayati

Translation

One who does a little of everything achieves nothing.

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever; that which
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्
• Form: sarvanāma; napuṃsaka-liṅga; prathamā/ dvitīyā ekavacana; relative pronoun qualifying the following clause

• किञ्चनकारी: one who does something (only) petty; a trifling doer
• Type: Noun (agentive)
• Root: कृ
• Form: puṃliṅga; prathamā ekavacana; -kārī (agent noun) from √कृ; ‘kincana’ used adverbially as qualifier

• न: not
• Type: Particle (negation)
• Root: न
• Form: niṣedha; negates the finite verb

• किञ्चित्: anything; something (at all)
• Type: Pronoun (indefinite)
• Root: किम्
• Form: sarvanāma; napuṃsaka-liṅga; dvitīyā ekavacana; object of the verb; ‘anything (at all)’

• आसादयति: attains; obtains; achieves
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: laṭ (present); parasmaipada; prathama-puruṣa ekavacana; causative not intended; meaning ‘to reach/obtain/achieve’

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