1.1.11
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.11
कर्म कर्मसाध्यं न विद्यते
karma karmasādhyaṃ na vidyate
The line
An action produced by an action is not found.
नेपालीमा
कर्मले उत्पन्न गरेको कर्म पाइँदैन।
Where it sits
1.1.9 and 1.1.10 gave substance and quality a power action does not have. That is the first difference of action. 1.1.24 will give the reason again, from the unlikeness to quality.
Split: karma (कर्म) + karma-sādhyam (कर्म-साध्यम्) + na (न) + vidyate (विद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma (कर्म) | nominative singular, neuter | an action. |
| karma-sādhyam (कर्म-साध्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | producible by an action. sādhya (साध्य) is what can be brought about. The first member is the means. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular, middle | is found. vid, in the middle, 'there exists.' |
The phrases
The shape is 'an X that is Y is not found.' An action whose producer is an action does not occur.
Motion does not give birth to a further motion the way a substance gives birth to a substance. When an action has an effect, the effect is a conjunction or a disjunction, which are qualities, or the ceasing of the action itself.
Sanskrit in this line
na vidyate is the sūtra (सूत्र)'s way of saying 'there is no such thing.' The two nominatives, karma (कर्म) and karmasādhyam (कर्मसाध्यम्), agree. The compound is read from sādhyam (साध्यम्).
Say it back
What does action not produce, that substance and quality do produce?
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1.1.12. A substance is not destroyed by its own effect or by its own cause.