Ekantapaṇḍitā pana kathaṃ sutvā sukathitaṃ pasaṃsanti, dukkathite pāḷipadaatthabyañjanesu yaṃ yaṃ virujjhati, taṃ taṃ ujuṃ katvā denti. Bhagavatā ca sadiso ekantapaṇḍito nāma natthi, tenāha "na kho me bho gotama garu, yatthassu bhavanto vā nisinnā bhavantarūpā vā"ti. Saccanti vacīsaccaṃ. Tapanti tapacariyaṃ. Brahmacariyanti methunaviratiṃ. Ajjhenanti mantagahaṇaṃ. Cāganti āmisapariccāgaṃ.

[466] Pāpito bhavissatīti ajānanabhāvaṃ pāpito bhavissati. Etadavocāti bhagavatā andhaveṇūpamāya niggahito taṃ paccāharituṃ asakkonto yathā nāma dubbalasunakho migaṃ uṭṭhapetvā sāmikassa abhimukhaṃ katvā sayaṃ apasakkamati, evameva ācariyaṃ apadisanto etaṃ "brāhmaṇo"tiādivacanaṃ avoca. Tattha pokkharasātīti idaṃ tassa nāmaṃ, "pokkharasātī"tipi vuccati. Tassa kira kāyo setapokkharasadiso devanagare ussāpitarajatatoraṇaṃ viya sobhati, sīsaṃ panassa kāḷavaṇṇaindanīlamaṇimayaṃ viya, massupi candamaṇḍale kāḷamegharāji viya khāyati, akkhīni nīluppalasadisāni, nāsā rajatapanāḷikā viya suvaṭṭitā suparisuddhā, hatthapādatalāni ceva mukhañca katalākhārasaparikammaṃ viya sobhati. Ativiya sobhaggappatto brāhmaṇassa attabhāvo. Arājake ṭhāne rājānaṃ kātuṃ yuttamimaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ, evamesa sassirīko, iti naṃ pokkharasadisattā "pokkharasātī"ti sañjānanti, pokkhare pana so nibbatto, na mātukucchiyanti iti naṃ pokkhare sayitattā "pokkharasāyī"ti sañjānanti. Opamaññoti upamaññagotto. Subhagavanikoti ukkaṭṭhāya subhagavanassa issaro. Hassakaṃyevāti hasitabbakaññeva. Nāmakaṃyevāti lāmakaññeva. Tadeva taṃ atthābhāvena rittakaṃ. Rittakattā ca tucchakaṃ. Idāni taṃ bhagavā sācariyakaṃ niggahituṃ kiṃ pana māṇavātiādimāha.

[467] Tattha katamā nesaṃ seyyoti katamā vācā tesaṃ seyyo, pāsaṃsataroti attho. Sammuccāti sammatiyā lokavohārena. Mantāti tulayitvā pariggaṇhitvā. Paṭisaṅkhāyāti jānitvā. Atthasañhitanti kāraṇanissitaṃ. Evaṃ