Apica vaṇṇabhaṇanametaṃ ekāyanamaggassa. Yatheva hi bhagavā "dhammaṃ vo bhikkhave desissāmi ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāsissāmi yadidaṃ cha cakkānī"ti chachakkadesanāya aṭṭhahi padehi vaṇṇaṃ abhāsi, yathā ca ariyavaṃsadesanāya "cattārome bhikkhave ariyavaṃsā aggaññā rattaññā vaṃsaññā porāṇā, asaṅkiṇṇā asaṅkiṇṇapubbā na saṅkīyanti na saṅkīyissanti appaṭikuṭṭhā samaṇehi brāhmaṇehi viññūhī"ti navahi padehi vaṇṇaṃ abhāsi, evaṃ imassāpi ekāyanamaggassa sattānaṃ visuddhiyāti ādīhi sattahi padehi vaṇṇaṃ abhāsi. Kasmāti ce, tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ ussāhajananatthaṃ. Vaṇṇabhāsanaṃ hi sutvā te bhikkhū "ayaṃ kira maggo hadayasantāpabhūtaṃ sokaṃ, vācāvippalāpabhūtaṃ paridevaṃ, kāyikaṃ asātabhūtaṃ dukkhaṃ,
@3 aṃ. catukka. 21/28/32 ariyavaṃsasutta Cetasikaṃ asātabhūtaṃ domanassanti cattāro upaddave harati, visuddhiṃ ñāyaṃ nibbānanti tayo visese āvahatī"ti ussāhajātā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ uggahetabbaṃ pariyāpuṇitabbaṃ dhāretabbaṃ vācetabbaṃ, imañca maggaṃ bhāvetabbaṃ maññissanti. Iti tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ ussāhajananatthaṃ vaṇṇaṃ abhāsi, kambalavāṇijādayo kambalādīnaṃ vaṇṇaṃ viya,
yathā hi satasahassagghanikapaṇḍukambalavāṇijena kambalaṃ gaṇhathāti ugghositepi asukakambaloti na tāva manussā jānanti. Kesakambalavālakambalādayopi hi duggandhā kharasamphassā kambalātveva vuccanti. Yadā pana tena gandhārako rattakambalo sukhumo ujjalo sukhasamphassoti ugghositaṃ hoti, tadā ye pahonti, te gaṇhanti. Ye nappahonti, tepi dassanakāmā honti, evameva "ekāyano bhikkhave ayaṃ maggo"ti vuttepi asukamaggoti na tāva pākaṭo hoti. Nānappakārakā hi aniyyānikamaggāpi maggātveva vuccanti. "sattānaṃ visuddhiyā"ti ādimhi pana vutte "ayaṃ kira maggo cattāro upaddave harati, tayo visese āvahatī"ti ussāhajātā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ uggahetabbaṃ pariyāpuṇitabbaṃ dhāretabbaṃ vācetabbaṃ, imañca maggaṃ bhāvetabbaṃ maññissantīti vaṇṇaṃ bhāsanto "sattānaṃ visuddhiyā"ti ādimāha. Yathā ca satasahassagghanikapaṇḍukambalavāṇijūpamā, evaṃ rattajambū- nadasuvaṇṇaudakappasādakamaṇiratanasuvisuddhamuttaratanaromakapavāḷādivāṇijūpamāpettha āharitabbā.