"aggikkhandho samuddo ca mahiccho cāpi puggalo

sakaṭena paccayaṃ detu tayopete atappiyā"ti.

Santaguṇanigūhanatā pana paṭiggahaṇe ca mattaññutā appicchatā nāma, tāya samannāgato puggalo attani vijjamānaṃpi guṇaṃ paṭicchādetukāmatāya "saddho samāno saddhoti maṃ jano jānātūti na icchati. Sīlavā, pavivitto, bahussuto, āraddhaviriyo, samādhisampanno, paññavā, khīṇāsavo samāno khīṇāsavoti maṃ jano jānātū"ti na icchati, seyyathāpi majjhantikatthero.

Thero kira mahākhīṇāsavo ahosi, pattacīvaraṃ panassa pādamattameva agghati, so asokassa dhammarañño vihāramahadivase saṃghatthero ahosi. Athassa atilūkhabhāvaṃ disvā manussā "bhante thokaṃ bahi hothā"ti āhaṃsu. Thero "mādise khīṇāsave rañño saṅgahaṃ akaronte añño ko karissatī"ti paṭhaviyaṃ nimujjitvā saṃghattherassa