Chandanidānanti ettha pariyesanachando, paṭilābhachando, paribhogachando, sannidhichando, visajjanachandoti pañcavidho chando.
Katamo pariyesanachando? idhekacco atitto chandajāto rūpaṃ pariyesati, Saddaṃ, gandhaṃ, rasaṃ, phoṭṭhabbaṃ pariyesati, dhanaṃ pariyesati. Ayaṃ pariyesanachando. Katamo paṭilābhachando? idhekacco atitto chandajāto rūpaṃ paṭilabhati, saddaṃ, gandhaṃ, Rasaṃ, phoṭṭhabbaṃ paṭilabhati, dhanaṃ paṭilabhati. Ayaṃ paṭilābhachando. Katamo paribhogachando? Idhekacco atitto chandajāto rūpaṃ paribhuñjati, saddaṃ, gandhaṃ, rasaṃ, phoṭṭhabbaṃ paribhuñjati, dhanaṃ paribhuñjati. Ayaṃ paribhogachando. Katamo sannidhichando? idhekacco atitto chandajāto dhanasannicayaṃ karoti "āpadāsu bhavissatī"ti
Katamo visajjanachando? idhekacco atitto chandajāto dhanaṃ visajjeti:- hatthārohānaṃ assārohānaṃ rathikānaṃ dhanuggahānaṃ `ime maṃ rakkhissanti gopissanti mamāyissanti samparivārissantī"ti. Ayaṃ visajjanachando. Ime pañcapi chandā idha taṇhāmattameva, taṃ sandhāya idaṃ vuttaṃ.
Vitakkanidānoti ettha "lābhaṃ paṭicca vinicchayo"ti evaṃ vutto vinicchayavitakko vitakko nāma. Vinicchayoti dve vinicchayā taṇhāvinicchayo ca, diṭṭhivinicchayo ca. Aṭṭhasatataṇhāviparitaṃ taṇhāvinicchayo nāma. Dvāsaṭṭhidiṭṭhiyo diṭṭhivinicchayo nāmāti evaṃ vuttataṇhāvinicchayavasena hi iṭṭhāniṭṭhapiyāpiya- vavatthānaṃ na hoti. Tadeva hi ekaccassa iṭṭhaṃ hoti, ekaccassa aniṭṭhaṃ paccantarājamajjhimadesarājūnaṃ gaṇḍuppādamigamaṃsādīsu viya. Tasmiṃ pana taṇhāvinicchayena vinicchite paṭiladdhavatthusmiṃ "ettakaṃ rūpassa bhavissati, ettakaṃ saddassa, ettakaṃ gandhassa, ettakaṃ rasassa, ettakaṃ phoṭṭhabbassa bhavissati, ettakaṃ mayhaṃ bhavissati ettakaṃ parassa bhavissati, ettakaṃ nidahissāmi, ettakaṃ parassa dassāmī"ti vavatthānaṃ vitakkavinicchayena hoti tenāha "../../bdpicture/chando kho devānaminda vitakkanidāno"ti.