Bhagavatapurana 12.7.20

12.7.20

padārtheṣu yathā dravyaṃ san-mātraṃ rūpa-nāmasu /
bījādi-pañcatāntāsu hy avasthāsu yutāyutam //

20. Like matter such as clay in the case of effected things like a pot, like the real existence or substratum underlying name and form, what stands separate from, as well as in relation to, the states of the body, from the laying of the seed to its final collapse (or death), is called *Apasraya*.