kāraṇaṃ nappajānāmi sammatto lakkhaṇūruyāti

ettha tuttaṃ vuccati kaṇṇamūle vijjhanaayakaṇṭako. Tomaranti pādādīsu vijjhanadaṇḍatomaraṃ. Aṅkusoti matthake vijjhanakakuṭilakaṇṭako. Yo ca nāgo pabhinnamatto accaṅkuso hoti aṅkusaṃ atīto, aṅkusena vijjhiyamānopi vasaṃ na gacchati, so ca "jitaṃ mayā tuttatomaraṃ, yohaṃ aṅkusassāpi vasaṃ na gacchāmī"ti madadappena kiñci kāraṇaṃ na bujjhati. Yathā so accaṅkuso nāgo "jitaṃ me tuttatomaran"ti kiñci kāraṇaṃ nappajānāti, evaṃ ahaṃpi lakkhaṇasampannaūrutāya lakkhaṇūruyā sammatto matto pamatto ummatto viya kiñci kāraṇaṃ nappajānāmīti vadati. Athavā accaṅkusova nāgo ahaṃpi samamatto lakkhaṇūruyā kiñci tato virāgakāraṇaṃ nappajānāmi. Kasmā? yasmā tena nāgena viya jitaṃ me tuttatomaraṃ, na kassaci vadato vacanaṃ ādiyāmi.

Tayi gadhitacittosmīti bhadde lakkhaṇūruyā tayi paṭibaddhacittosmi. Gadhitacittoti vā gedhaṃ ajjhupekkhacitto. Cittaṃ vipariṇāmitanti pakatiṃ jahitvā ṭhitaṃ. Paṭiggantuṃ na sakkomīti nivattituṃ na sakkomi. Vaṅkaghasotva ambujoti balisaṃ gilitvā ṭhitamaccho viya. "ghaso"tipi pāṭho, ayamevattho.