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.