Kathaṃ panesā appāyukataṃ karoti? cattāri hi kammāni upapīḷakaṃ Upacchedakaṃ janakaṃ upatthambhakanti. Balavakammena hi nibbattaṃ pavatte upapīḷakaṃ āgantvā atthato evaṃ vadati nāma "sacāhaṃ paṭhamataraṃ jāneyyaṃ, na te idha nibbattituṃ dadeyyaṃ, catūsuyeva taṃ apāyesu nibbattāpeyyaṃ. Hotu, tvaṃ yattha katthaci nibbatto, ahaṃ upapīḷakakammaṃ nāma taṃ pīḷitvā nirojaṃ niyūsaṃ kasaṭaṃ karissāmī"ti. Tato paṭṭhāya taṃ tādisaṃ karoti. Kiṃ karoti? parissayaṃ upaneti, bhoge vināseti.

Tattha dārakassa mātukucchiyaṃ nibbattakālato paṭṭhāya mātu assādo vā sukhaṃ vā na hoti, mātāpitūnaṃ pīḷāva uppajjati. Evaṃ parissayaṃ upaneti. Dārakassa pana mātukucchimhi nibbattakālato paṭṭhāya gehe bhogā udakaṃ patvā loṇaṃ viya rājādīnaṃ vasena nassanti, kumbhadohanadhenuyo khīraṃ na denti, sūratā goṇā caṇḍā honti, kāṇā honti, khujjā honti, gomaṇḍale rogo patati, dāsādayo vacanaṃ na karonti, vāpitaṃ sassaṃ na jāyati, gehagataṃ gehe, araññagataṃ araññe nassati, anupubbena ghāsacchādanamattaṃ dullabhaṃ hoti, gabbhaparihāro na hoti, vijātakāle mātuthaññaṃ chijjati, dārako parihāraṃ alabhanto pīḷito nirojo niyūso kasaṭo hoti idaṃ upapīḷakakammaṃ nāma.

Dīghāyukakammena pana nibbattassa upacchedakakammaṃ āgantvā āyuṃ chindati. Yathā hi puriso aṭṭhusabhagamanaṃ katvā saraṃ khipeyya, tamañño dhanuto vimuttamattaṃ muggarena paharitvā tattheva pāteyya, evaṃ dīghāyukakammena

Kiṃ karoti? corānaṃ aṭaviṃ paveseti, vālamacchodakaṃ otāreti, aññataraṃ vā pana saparissayaṭṭhānaṃ upaneti, idaṃ upacchedakakammaṃ nāma, "upaghāṭakan"tipi etasseva nāmaṃ.