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.

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