@3 cha.Ma. nidahanaṭṭhena, i. niddahanatthena.

Yasmā pana dānaṃ dadanto sīlaṃ samādātuṃ sakkoti, tasmā tadanantaraṃ sīlakathaṃ kathesi. Līlakathanti sīlaṃ nāmetaṃ avassayo patiṭṭhā ārammaṇaṃ tāṇaṃ leṇaṃ gati parāyanaṃ. Idhalokaparalokasampattīnaṃ hi sīlasadiso avassayo patiṭṭhā ārammaṇaṃ tāṇaṃ leṇaṃ gati parāyanaṃ natthi, sīlasadiso alaṅkāro natthi, sīlapupphasadisaṃ pupphaṃ natthi, sīlagandhasadiso gandho natthi, sīlālaṅkārena hi alaṅkataṃ sīlakusumapilandhitaṃ sīlagandhānulittaṃ sadevako loko olokento tittiṃ na gacchatīti evamādi sīlaguṇapaṭisaṃyuttaṃ kathaṃ.

Idaṃ pana sīlaṃ nissāya ayaṃ saggo labbhatīti dassetuṃ sīlānantaraṃ saggakathaṃ kathesi. Saggakathanti ayaṃ saggo nāma iṭṭho kanto manāpo, niccamettha kīḷā, dibbasampattiyo labbhanti, cātummahārājikā devā navutivassasatasahassāni dibbasukhaṃ dibbasampattiṃ ca labhanti tāvatiṃsā tisso ca vassakoṭiyo saṭṭhī ca vassasatasahassānīti evamādi saggaguṇapaṭisaṃyuttaṃ kathaṃ. Saggasampattiṃ kathayantānañhi buddhānaṃ mukhaṃ nappahoti. Vuttampi cetaṃ "anekapariyāyena kho ahaṃ bhikkhave saggakathaṃ katheyyan"ti ādi.