Yato kho vaccha bhikkhunoti kiñcāpi aniyametvā vuttaṃ, yathā pana jīvakasutte ca caṅkīsutte ca, evaṃ imasmiṃ sutte ca attānameva sandhāyetaṃ bhagavatā vuttanti veditabbaṃ

[195] Atthi panāti kiṃ pucchāmīti pucchati? ayaṃ kirassa laddhi "tasmiṃ tasmiṃ sāsane satthāva arahā hoti, sāvako pana arahattaṃ pattuṃ samattho natthi. Samaṇo ca gotamo "yato kho vaccha bhikkhuno"ti ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ kathento viya katheti, atthi nu kho samaṇassa gotamassa sāvako arahattaṃ patto"ti. Etamatthaṃ pucchissāmīti pucchati. Tattha tiṭṭhatūti bhavaṃ tāva gotamo tiṭṭhatu, bhavañhi loke pākaṭo arahāti attho. Tasmiṃ byākate uttariṃ bhikkhunīādīnaṃ vasena pañhaṃ pucchi, bhagavāpissa byākāsi.

[196] Ārādhakoti sampādako paripūrako.

[197] Sekhāya vijjāya pattabbanti heṭṭhimaphalattayaṃ pattabbaṃ. Taṃ sabbaṃ mayā anuppattanti vadati. Vitaṇḍavādī panāha "katame dhammā sekkhā. Cattāro maggā apariyāpannā heṭṭhimāni ca tīṇi sāmaññaphalānī"ti vacanato arahattamaggopi anena pattoyeva. Phalaṃ pana appattaṃ, tena tassa pattiyā uttariyogaṃ kathāpetīti. So evaṃ saññāpetabbo:-