Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.4.27

satyaḿ hy avayavaḥ proktaḥ

sarvāvayavinām iha

vinārthena pratīyeran

paṭasyevāńga 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; ańga — 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.

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