śaṅkarasvāmyāha na jñānasvabhāvāḥ sukhādayaḥ, jñānamityavyapadeśyatvāt, ghaṭādivad iti //
Śaṅkarasvāmin says: "Pleasure and other [mental states] cannot be of the nature of cognition, because they are never designated as 'cognition,' just like a jar and other [objects]."