Devatthero tissattheroti evaṃ paggayhavacanaṃ sammukhā mettaṃ vacīkammaṃ nāma. Vihāre asantaṃ pana paṭipucchantassa kuhiṃ amhākaṃ devatthero, kuhiṃ amhākaṃ tissatthero, kadā nukho āgamissatīti evaṃ mamāyanavacanaṃ parammukhā mettaṃ vacīkammaṃ nāma.

Mettāsinehasiniddhāni pana nayanāni ummiletvā pasannena mukhena olokanaṃ sammukhā mettaṃ manokammaṃ nāma. Devatthero tissatthero arogo hotu appābādhoti samannāharaṇaṃ parammukhā mettaṃ manokammaṃ nāma.

Lābhāti cīvarādayo laddhapaccayā. Dhammikāti kuhanādibhedaṃ micchājīvaṃ vajjetvā dhammena samena bhikkhācāravattena uppannā. Antamaso pattapariyāpanna- mattampīti pacchimakoṭiyā pattapariyāpannaṃ pattassa anto gataṃ dvittikaṭacchu- bhikkhāmattaṃpi. Appaṭivibhattabhogīti ettha dve paṭivibhattāni nāma āmisa- paṭivibhattaṃ puggalapaṭivibhattañca. Tattha "ettakaṃ dassāmi, ettakaṃ na dassāmī"ti evaṃ cittena vibhajanaṃ āmisapaṭivibhattaṃ nāma. "asukassa dassāmi, asukassa na dassāmī"ti evaṃ cittena vibhajanaṃ pana puggalapaṭivibhattaṃ nāma. Tadubhayaṃpi akatvā yo apaṭivibhattaṃ bhuñjati, ayaṃ appaṭivibhattabhogī nāma.