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CC Ādi 2.76

Bengali

‘বিধেয়’ কহিয়ে তারে, যে বস্তু অজ্ঞাত ।
‘অনুবাদ’ কহি তারে, যেই হয় জ্ঞাত ॥ ৭৬ ॥

Text

‘vidheya’ kahiye tāre, ye vastu ajñāta
‘anuvāda’ kahi tāre, yei haya jñāta

Synonyms

vidheya — the predicate; kahiye — I say; tāre — to him; ye — that; vastu — thing; ajñāta — unknown; anuvāda — the subject; kahi — I say; tāre — to him; yei — that which; haya — is; jñāta — known.

Translation

“The predicate of a sentence is what is unknown to the reader, whereas the subject is what is known to him.