[69] Anupubbīkathanti dānānantaraṃ sīlaṃ, sīlānantaraṃ saggaṃ, saggānantaraṃ kāmānaṃ ādīnavanti evaṃ anupaṭipāṭikathaṃ. Tattha dānakathanti idaṃ dānaṃ nāma sukhānaṃ nidānaṃ, sampattīnaṃ mūlaṃ, bhogānaṃ patiṭṭhā, visamagatassa tāṇaṃ leṇaṃ gati parāyanaṃ, idhalokaparalokesu dānasadiso avassayo patiṭṭhā ārammaṇaṃ tāṇaṃ leṇaṃ gati parāyanaṃ natthi. Idañhi avassayaṭṭhena ratanamayasīhāsanasadisaṃ, patiṭṭhānaṭṭhena mahāpaṭhavīsadisaṃ, ārammaṇaṭṭhena ālambanarajjusadisaṃ. Idañhi dukkhanittharaṇaṭṭhena nāvā, samassāsanaṭṭhena saṅgāmasūro, bhayaparittāṇaṭṭhena susaṅkhatanagaraṃ, maccheramalādīhi anupalittaṭṭhena padumaṃ, tesaṃ nidahanaṭṭhena aggi, dūrāsadaṭṭhena āsīviso. Asantāsanaṭṭhena sīho, balavantaṭṭhena hatthī, abhimaṅgalasammataṭṭhena setavasabho, khemantabhūmisampāpanaṭṭhena valāhako assarājā. Dānaṃ nāmetaṃ mayā gatamaggo, mayheveso vaṃso, mayā dasapāramiyo pūrentena velāmamahāyañño mahāgovindamahāyañño mahāsudassanamahāyañño vessantaramahāyaññoti anekamahāyaññā pavattitā, sampavattitā, sasabhūtena jalite aggikkhandhe attānaṃ niyyātentena sampattayācakānaṃ cittaṃ gahitaṃ. Dānaṃ hi loke sakkasampattiṃ deti, mārasampattiṃ deti, brahmasampattiṃ deti, cakkavattisampattiṃ deti, sāvakapāriñāñaṃ, paccekabodhiñāṇaṃ, abhisambodhiñāṇaṃ detīti evamādidānaguṇapaṭisaṃyuttaṃ kathaṃ.
@4 cha.Ma. ālambanaṭṭhena 5 cha.Ma. mayhaṃ 6 ka. mayhameva 7 cha.Ma. ayaṃ pāṭho na dissati
Yasmā pana dānaṃ dadanto sīlaṃ samādātuṃ sakkoti, tasmā tadanantaraṃ sīlakathaṃ kathesi. Sīlakathanti sīlaṃ nāmetaṃ avassayo patiṭṭhā ārammaṇaṃ tāṇaṃ leṇaṃ gati parāyanaṃ, sīlaṃ nāmetaṃ mama vaṃso, ahaṃ saṅkhapālanāgarājakāle, bhūridattanāgarājakāle, campeyyanāgarājakāle, sīlavanāgarājakāle, mātuposakahatthirājakāle, chaddantahatthirājakāleti anantesu attabhāvesu sīlaṃ paripūresiṃ. Idhalokaparalokasampattīnaṃ hi sīlasadiso avassayo, sīlasadisā patiṭṭhā, ārammaṇaṃ tāṇaṃ leṇaṃ gati parāyanaṃ natthi, sīlālaṅkārasadiso alaṅkāro natthi, sīlapupphasadisaṃ pupphaṃ natthi, sīlagandhasadiso gandho natthi. Sīlālaṅkārena hi alaṅkataṃ sīlakusumapilandhanaṃ sīlagandhānulittaṃ sadevakopi loko olokento tittiṃ na gacchatīti evamādisīlaguṇapaṭisaṃyuttaṃ kathaṃ.