pūrva-parayor madhye para-vidhir balavān

 pūrva-parayoḥ - the former and the latter; madhye - between; para-vidhiḥ - the latter rule; balavān - more prominent.


Text

“ ‘Between the former rule and the latter rule, the latter is more important.’

Purport

This is a verse from the nyāya literatures.