"hīnena brahmacariyena khattiye upapajjati

majjhimena ca devesu uttamena visujjhatī"ti

evaṃ nimijātake attadamanavasena kato aṭṭhaṅgiko uposatho brahmacariyanti vutto. "idaṃ kho pana me pañcasikha brahmacariyaṃ ekantanibbidāya virāgāya .pe. Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo"ti mahāgovindasuttasmiññeva ariyamaggo brahmacariyanti vutto. "tayidaṃ brahmacariyaṃ iddhañceva phītañca vitthārikaṃ bāhujaññaṃ puthubhūtaṃ yāva devamanussehi suppakāsitan"ti pāsādikasutte sikkhāttayasaṅgahaṃ sāsanaṃ brahmacariyanti vuttaṃ.

"api ataramānānaṃ phalāsāva samijjhati