Tāvadeva ca ākāse abbhuggantvā talaṅgaratissapabbatameva agamāsi. Evaṃ kārakasseva adhimāno uppajjati. Tasmā bhagavā tādisānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ vasena jhānaṃ vibhajanto ṭhānaṃ kho panetanti ādimāha.

Tassattho, atthetaṃ kāraṇaṃ, no natthi. Yena idhekacco bāhiraparibbājakehi sādhāraṇaṃ vivicceva kāmehi .pe. Paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja vihareyya, yaṃ pana tassa evamassa sallekhena viharāmīti, yaṃ paṭipattividhānaṃ kilese sallikhati, tenāhaṃ viharāmīti, taṃ na yujjati, na hi adhimānikassa bhikkhuno jhānasallekho vā sallekhapaṭipadā vā hoti. Kasmā? avipassanāpādakattā. Na hi so jhānaṃ samāpajjitvā tato vuṭṭhāya saṅkhāre sammasati, jhānaṃ panassa cittekaggamattaṃ karoti, diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāro hoti. Tasmā tamatthaṃ dassento bhagavā "na kho panete cunda ariyassa vinaye sallekhā vuccanti, diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārā ete ariyassa vinaye vuccantī"ti āha.

Tattha eteti jhānadhammavasena bahuvacanaṃ veditabbaṃ. Ete paṭhamajjhānadhammāti vuttaṃ hoti. Samāpattivasena vā, ekaṃpi hi paṭhamajjhānaṃ punappunaṃ samāpattivasena pavattattā bahuttaṃ gacchatīti. Ārammaṇavasena vā, ekaṃpi hi paṭhamajjhānaṃ paṭhavīkasiṇādīsu

Esa nayo dutiyatatiyacatutthajjhānesu. Arūpajjhānesu pana ārammaṇabhedābhāvato purimakāraṇadvayavaseneva bahuvacanaṃ veditabbaṃ.