Ñāyassa adhigamāyāti ñāyo vuccati ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, tassa adhigamāya, pattiyāti vuttaṃ hoti. Ayaṃ hi pubbabhāge lokiyo satipaṭṭhānamaggo bhāvito lokuttaramaggassa adhigamāya saṃvattati. Tenāha "ñāyassa adhigamāyā"ti. Nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyāti taṇhāvānavirahitattā nibbānanti laddhanāmassa amatassa sacchikiriyāya, attapaccakkhatāyāti vuttaṃ hoti. Ayaṃ hi maggo bhāvito anupubbena nibbānasacchikiriyaṃ sādheti. Tenāha "nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā"ti.

Tattha kiñcāpi "sattānaṃ visuddhiyā"ti vutte sokasamatikkamādīni atthato siddhāneva honti, ṭhapetvā pana sāsanayuttikovide aññesaṃ na pākaṭāni, na ca bhagavā paṭhamaṃ sāsanayuttikovidaṃ janaṃ katvā pacchā dhammaṃ deseti. Tena teneva pana suttena taṃ taṃ atthaṃ ñāpeti. Tasmā idha yaṃ yaṃ atthaṃ ekāyanamaggo sādheti, taṃ taṃ pākaṭaṃ katvā dassento "sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāyā"tiādimāha. Yasmā vā yā sattānaṃ visuddhi ekāyanamaggena saṃvattati, sā sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamena hoti, sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamo dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthaṅgamena, dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthaṅgamo ñāyassa adhigamena, ñāyassa adhigamo nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya. Tasmā imaṃpi kamaṃ dassento "sattānaṃ visuddhiyā"ti vatvā "sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāyā"tiādimāha.

Apica vaṇṇabhaṇanametaṃ ekāyanamaggassa. Yatheva hi bhagavā "dhammaṃ vo bhikkhave desissāmi ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāsessāmi, yadidaṃ chachakkānī"ti