"vadhakassa devadattassa corassa aṅgulimālino
dhanapāle rāhule ca sabbesaṃ samako muni ".
[489] Tatra bhikkhaveti tesu dvīsu vīmaṃsakesu. Yo cāyaṃ "ke panāyasmato ākārā"ti pucchāyaṃ āgato gaṇṭhivīmaṃsako ca, yo "abhayūparato ayamāyasmā"ti āgato mūlavīmaṃsako ca. Tesu mūlavīmaṃsakena tathāgatova uttariṃ paṭipucchitabbo. Sopi pubbe parasseva kathāya niṭṭhaṅgato, paro ca nāma jānitvāpi katheyya ajānitvāpi, evamassa kathā bhūtāpi hoti abhūtāpi, tasmā parasseva kathāniṭṭhaṃ agantvā tato uttariṃ tathāgatova paṭipucchitabboti attho.
Byākaramānoti ettha yasmā tathāgatassa micchābyākaraṇaṃ nāma natthi, tasmā sammā micchāti avatvā byākaramānotveva vuttaṃ. Etaṃ pathohamasmi etaṃ gocaroti esa mayhaṃ patho esa gocaroti attho. "etāpātho"tipi pāṭho, tassattho mayhaṃ ājīvaṭṭhamakasīlaṃ parisuddhaṃ, svāhaṃ tassa parisuddhabhāvena vīmaṃsakassa bhikkhuno ñāṇamukhe etāpātho, evaṃ āpāthaṃ āgacchāmīti vuttaṃ hoti. No ca tena tammayoti tenapi cāhaṃ parisuddhena sīlena na tammayo na sataṇho parisuddhasīlattāva nittaṇhohamasmīti dīpeti.