yasyāḥ kriyāyāḥ kecid avayavā niṣpannāḥ kecid aniṣpannāḥ sā pūrvāparībhūtāvayavā kriyā sādhyatvapratyayaviṣayā
That action of which some parts are accomplished [and] some unaccomplished, [that] action whose parts occur in sequential order, is the object of the notion of being-in-process-of-accomplishment.