@3 cha.Ma. taṭataṭāyateva 4 cha.Ma., i. athasaddo na dissati Nibbattituṃ nāsakkhimhā. Amhākaṃ ovāde ṭhatvā ayaṃ itthikā upari nibbattā, mayaṃ bhikkhū samānā bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ caritvā hīne gandhabbakāye nibbattā. Tena no ayaṃ evaṃ niggaṇhātī"ti ñatvā tassa kathaṃ suṇantāyeva tesu dve janā paṭhamajjhānasatiṃ paṭilabhitvā jhānaṃ pādakaṃ katvā saṅkhāre sammasantā anāgāmiphaleyeva patiṭṭhahiṃsu. Atha nesaṃ paritto kāmāvacarattabhāvo dhāretuṃ nāsakkhi. Tasmā tāvadeva cavitvā brahmapurohitesu nibbattā. So ca nesaṃ kāyo tattha ṭhitānaṃyeva nibbatto. Tena vuttaṃ "tesaṃ bhante gopakena devaputtena paṭicoditānaṃ dve devā diṭṭheyeva dhamme satiṃ paṭilabhiṃsu kāyaṃ brahmapurohitan"ti.

Tattha diṭṭhave dhammeti tasmiṃyeva attabhāve jhānasatiṃ paṭilabhiṃsu. Tattheva ṭhatvā cutā pana kāyaṃ brahmapurohitaṃ brahmapurohitasarīraṃ paṭilabhiṃsūti evamettha attho daṭṭhabbo. Eko pana devoti eko devaputto nikkantiṃ bhindituṃ asakkonto kāme ajjhāvasi, tattheva āvāsiko nivāsiko āhosi.