SB 12.4.27
Devanāgarī
सत्यं ह्यवयव: प्रोक्त: सर्वावयविनामिह । विनार्थेन प्रतीयेरन् पटस्येवाङ्ग तन्तव: ॥ २७ ॥
Text
satyaṁ hy avayavaḥ proktaḥ sarvāvayavinām iha vinārthena pratīyeran paṭasyevāṅga tantavaḥ
Synonyms
satyam—real;hi—because;avayavaḥ—the ingredient cause;proktaḥ—is said to be;sarva-avayavinām—of all constituted entities;iha—in this created world;vinā—apart from;arthena—their manifest product;pratīyeran—they can be perceived;paṭasya—of a cloth;iva—as;aṅga—my dear King;tantavaḥ—the threads.
Translation
My dear King, it is stated [in the Vedānta-sūtra] that the ingredient cause that constitutes any manifested product in this universe can be perceived as a separate reality, just as the threads that make up a cloth can be perceived separately from their product.