Sele yathā pabbatamuddhaniṭṭhitoti selamaye ekagghane pabbatamuddhani yathāṭhitova. Na hi tattha ṭhitassa dassanatthaṃ gīvukkhipanapasāraṇādikiccaṃ atthi. Tathūpamanti tappaṭibhāgaṃ selapabbatūpamaṃ. Ayaṃ panettha saṅkhepattho:- yathā selapabbatamuddhani ṭhitova cakkhumā puriso samantato janataṃ passeyya, tathā tvaṃpi sumedha sundarapaññasabbaññutañāṇena samantacakkhu bhagavā dhammamayaṃ pāsādaṃ āruyha sayaṃ apetasoko sokāvatiṇṇaṃ jātijarābhibhūtaṃ janataṃ apekkhassu upadhāraya upaparikkhāti. Ayaṃ panettha adhippāyo:- yathā hi pabbatapāde samantā mahantaṃ khettaṃ katvā tattha kedārapālīsu kuṭikāyo katvā rattiṃ aggiṃ jāleyyuṃ. Caturaṅgasamannāgatañca andhakāraṃ assa, atha tassa pabbatassa matthake ṭhatvā cakkhumato purisassa bhūmiṃ olokayato neva khettaṃ na kedārapāliyo na kuṭiyo na tattha sayitamanussā paññāyeyyuṃ. Kuṭikāsu pana aggijālamattakameva paññāyeyya, evaṃ dhammapāsādamāruyha sattanikāyaṃ olokayato tathāgatassa ye te akatakalyāṇā sattā, te ekavihāre dakkhiṇajāṇupasse nisinnāpi buddhacakkhussa āpāthaṃ nāgacchanti, rattiṃ khittasarā viya honti. Ye pana katakalyāṇā veneyyapuggalā, te evassa dūrepi ṭhitā āpāthaṃ āgacchanti, so aggi viya himavantapabbato viya ca. Vuttampi cetaṃ:-

"dūre santo pakāsenti himavantova pabbato

asantettha na dissanti rattikhittā yathā sarā"ti.