anyathā nedaṃ nirātmakaṃ jīvaśarīramaprāṇādimattvaprasaṅgād ghaṭādivad iti prasaṅge dṛṣṭāntatvena teṣām upādānaṃ na syāt / tataś ca tatrāpi ghaṭādiṣu tulyaṃ codyaṃ"kathameṣāṃ nairātmyaṃ yadi tāvad ātmānupakārakam"ityādi /
Otherwise, you could not use them as examples in the argument "this living body is not soulless, because [if it were] it would lack breath etc., like jars etc." And then the same question would apply to jars etc.: "how are they soulless - is it because they do not serve the soul?" etc.