@3 cha.Ma. tatthāyaṃ 4 Ma. eko Vemajjhaṭṭhānasaṅkhāte cātummahāpathe koṭṭhāsaṃ koṭṭhāsaṃ katvā nisinno assa, evameva bhikkhu catunnaṃ iriyāpathānaṃ yena kenaci ākārena ṭhitattā yathāṭhitaṃ yathāṭhitattā ca yathāpaṇihitaṃ kāyaṃ "atthi imasmiṃ kāye paṭhavīdhātu .pe. Vāyodhātū"ti evaṃ paccavekkhati.

Kiṃ vuttaṃ hoti:- yathā goghātakassa gāviṃ posantassāpi āghātanaṃ āharantassāpi āharitvā tattha bandhitvā ṭhapentassāpi vadhentassāpi vadhitaṃ mataṃ passantassāpi tāvadeva gāvīti saññā na antaradhāyati, yāva naṃ padāletvā bīlaso na vibhajati. Vibhajitvā nisinnassa pana gāvīsaññā antaradhāyati, maṃsasaññāva pavattati. Nāssa evaṃ hoti "ahaṃ gāviṃ vikkiṇāmi. Ime gāviṃ harantī"ti. Athakhvassa "ahaṃ maṃsaṃ vikkiṇāmi, ime maṃsaṃ haranti"ccevaṃ hoti, evameva imassāpi bhikkhuno pubbe bālaputhujjanakāle gihībhūtassāpi pabbajitassāpi tāvadeva sattoti vā puggaloti vā saññā na antaradhāyati, yāva imameva kāyaṃ yathāṭhitaṃ yathāpaṇihitaṃ ghanavinibbhogaṃ katvā dhātuso na paccavekkhati. Dhātuso paccavekkhato panassa sattasaññā antaradhāyati, dhātuvaseneva cittaṃ santiṭṭhāti. Tenāha bhagavā "imameva kāyaṃ yathāṭhitaṃ yathāpaṇihitaṃ dhātuso paccavekkhati `atthi imasmiṃ kāye paṭhavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū'ti. Seyyathāpi bhikkhave dakkho goghātako vā .pe. Vāyodhātū"ti goghātako viya hi yogī, gāvīsaññā viya sattasaññā, cātummahāpatho viya catuiriyāpatho. Bīlaso vibhajitvā nisinnabhāvo viya dhātuso paccavekkhaṇanti ayamettha pālivaṇṇanā. Kammaṭṭhānakathā pana visuddhimagge vitthāritā.