SB 12.4.27
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 27
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.