Satabyāmayottena satabyāmaṭṭhāne ñātaudakaṃ viya catūhi mahātherehi diṭṭhabuddhaguṇā. Sahassabyāmayottena sahassabyāmaṭṭhāne ñātaudakaṃ viya mahāmoggallānattherena diṭṭhabuddhaguṇā. Caturāsītibyāmasahassayottena caturāsītibyāmasahassaṭṭhāne ñātaudakaṃ viya dhammasenāpatinā sāriputtattherena diṭṭhabuddhaguṇā. Tattha yathā so puriso mahāsamudde udakaṃ nāma na ettakaṃyeva, anantamaparimāṇanti gaṇhāti, evameva āyasmā sāriputto dhammanvayena anvayabuddhiyā anumānena nayaggāhena sāvakapāramīñāṇe ṭhatvā dasabalassa guṇe anussaranto "buddhaguṇā anantā aparimāṇā"ti saddahi.

Therena hi diṭṭhabuddhaguṇehi dhammanvayena gahetabbabuddhaguṇāyeva bahutaRā. Yathākathaṃ viya? yathā ito nava eto navāti aṭṭhārasa yojanāni avattharitvā gacchantiyā candabhāgāya mahānadiyā eko puriso sūcipāsena udakaṃ gaṇheyya, sūcipāsena gahitaudakato aggahitameva bahu hoti. Yathā vāpana puriso mahāpaṭhavito aṅguliyā paṃsuṃ gaṇheyya, aṅguliyā gahitapaṃsuto avasesapaṃsuyeva bahu hoti. Yathā vāpana puriso mahāsamuddābhimukhiṃ aṅguliṃ kareyya, aṅguliabhimukhaudakato avasesaudakaṃyeva bahu hoti. Yathā ca puriso ākāsābhimukhiṃ aṅguliṃ kareyya, aṅguliabhimukhaākāsato sesaākāsappadesova bahu hoti. Evaṃ therena diṭṭhabuddhaguṇehi adiṭṭhā buddhaguṇāva bahutarāti veditabbā. Vuttampi cetaṃ:-

"buddhopi buddhassa bhaṇeyya vaṇṇaṃ

kappampi ce aññamabhāsamāno.