In this series of talks Swami Dayananda uses various examples, like pot and clay, gold and ornament or fabric and shirt etc, to help the audience discover a new understanding of the reality of things.

The words real, false, non-existent or existent do not really refer TO an object … the words reveal an understanding in terms of reality THAT AN OBJECT ENJOYS.

The pot is NEITHER non-existent (tuccham), NOR is it anrtam (false), as it holds water. Does that mean that the pot is satyam (real)?

As the pot depends ENTIRELY ON CLAY for its existence, the word satyam (real) should be given only to clay, it cannot be given to pot. Then where is the pot? This is where Vedanta comes into the picture …