Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27
Sanskrit:
सत्यं ह्यवयव: प्रोक्त: सर्वावयविनामिह ।विनार्थेन प्रतीयेरन् पटस्येवाङ्ग तन्तव: ॥ २७ ॥
ITRANS:
satyaṁ hy avayavaḥ proktaḥsarvāvayavinām ihavinārthena pratīyeranpaṭasyevāṅga tantavaḥ
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.