View source for This rhetorical rule (one should not state a predicate before its subject, for it cannot thus stand without proper support) appears in the Ekadasi-tattva, Thirteenth Canto, in connection with the metaphorical use of words

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<div class="heading">This rhetorical rule appears in the Ekādaśī-tattva, Thirteenth Canto, in connection with the metaphorical use of words. An unknown object should not be put before the known subject because the object has no meaning if the subject is not first given.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 2.74|CC Adi 2.74, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“"One should not state a predicate before its subject, for it cannot thus stand without proper support."</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>This rhetorical rule appears in the Ekādaśī-tattva, Thirteenth Canto, in connection with the metaphorical use of words. An unknown object should not be put before the known subject because the object has no meaning if the subject is not first given.</p>
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