satyam hy avayavah proktah

 sarvavayavinam iha

vinarthena pratiyeran

 patasyevanga tantavah

 

Translation: 

 

My dear King, it is stated [in the Vedanta-sutra] 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.