Sutra 13
Devanagari script
स्थिरकर्मा नासमाप्य कर्मोपरमते ॥ कZ_०७.८.१३ ॥
Transliteration
sthirakarmā nāsamāpya karmoparamate
Translation
One who is steady in action does not desist from an undertaking before completing it.
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.