Shankara cautioned on the futility of debates ''Ghato vaa mrithir pando apyaraunubhi cha dhoomogni rachalaPato vaa thanthurva pariharathi kim ghorasamanamVridha kantakshebham vahasi tharasa tharka vachasaPadhambhojam shmbhor bhaja parama soukhyam vrijasudhi.

This is the pot, no, this is only mud,This is the earth, no , it is only atom,This is the smoke, no, it is only fire,This is the cloth, no , it is only the thread,Can all this debate ever cure the cruel God of death?Vainly you give pain to your throat,By these torrent of words,Instead worship the lotus like feet of Shambu,Oh , intelligent one, and attain supreme happiness"