सत्यं ह्यवयव: प्रोक्त: सर्वावयविनामिह । विनार्थेन प्रतीयेरन् पटस्येवाङ्ग तन्तव: ॥ २७ ॥
satyaṁ hy avayavaḥ proktaḥ sarvāvayavinām iha vinārthena pratīyeran paṭasyevāṅga tantavaḥ
- 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
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.