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.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
सत्यं ह्यवयवः प्रोक्तः सर्वावयविनामिह । विनार्थेन प्रतीयेरन् पटस्येवाङ्ग तन्तवः
satyaṃ hyavayavaḥ proktaḥ sarvāvayavināmiha | vinārthena pratīyeran paṭasyevāṅga tantavaḥ
SB 12.4.27