Mā hevaṃ ānanda avacāti ānanda mā evaṃ avaca, "na idaṃ khuddakanagarakan"ti vattabbaṃ. Ahaṃ hi imasseva nagarassa sampattiṃ kathetuṃ "anekavāraṃ tiṭṭhaṃ nisīdaṃ mahantenussāhena mahantena parakkamena idhāgato"ti vatvā bhūtapbbanti ādimāha. Subhikkhāti khajjabhojjasampannā. Hatthisaddenāti ekasmiṃ hatthimhi saddaṃ karonte caturāsītihatthisahassāni saddaṃ karonti, iti hatthisaddena avivittā hoti. Tathā assasaddena. Puññavanto panettha sattā catusindhavayuttehi rathehi aññamaññaṃ anubandhamānā antaravīthīsu vicaranti, rathasa ddena avivittā hoti. Niccappayojitāneva panettha bheriādīni turiyāni, iti bherisaddādīhipi avivattāva hoti. Tattha sammasaddoti kaṃsatālasaddo. Tālasaddoti pāṇitālacaturassaambaṇatālasaddo. "kūṭabherisaddo"tipi vadanti.

Asatha pivatha khādathāti asnātha pivatha khādatha. Ayaṃ panettha saṅkhepo, bhuñjatha bhoti iminā dasamena saddena avivittā hoti anupacchinnasaddā. Yathā panaññesu nagaresu "kacavaraṃ chaḍḍetha, kuddālaṃ gaṇhatha, pacchiṃ gaṇhatha, pavāsaṃ gamissāma, taṇḍulapuṭaṃ gaṇhatha, bhattapuṭaṃ gaṇhatha, phalakāvudhāni sajjāpethā"ti evarūpā saddā honti, na idha evaṃ ahosīti dasseti.