@4 Ma.mū. 12/324/288 cūḷasāropamasutta 5 Ma.Ma. 12/466/416 cūlavedallasutta Majjhe maggaṃ pariyosāne nibbānaṃ dasseti. Tena vuttaṃ "so dhammaṃ deseti ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇan"ti. Tasmā aññopi dhammakathiko dhammaṃ kathento:-

ādimhi sīlaṃ deseyya majjhe maggaṃ vibhāvaye

pariyosāne ca nibbānaṃ esā kathikasaṇṭhitīti.

Sātthaṃ sabyañjananti yassa hi yāgubhattaitthīpurisādivaṇṇanānissitā desanā hoti, na so sātthaṃ deseti. Bhagavā pana tathārūpaṃ desanaṃ pahāya catusatipaṭṭhānādinissitaṃ desanaṃ deseti. Tasmā "sātthaṃ desetī"ti vuccati. Yassa pana desanā ekabyañjanādiyuttā vā sabbaniroṭṭhabyañjanā vā sabbavisaṭṭhasabbaniggahitabyañjanā vā, tassa damiḷakirāṭasavarādimilakkhūnaṃ bhāsā viya byañjanapāripūriyā abhāvato abyañjanā nāma desanā hoti. Bhagavā pana:-