[379] Cuddasa kho panimāti kasmā ārabhi? idaṃ suttaṃ pāṭipuggalikaṃ Dakkhiṇaṃ ārabbha samuṭṭhitaṃ, ānandattheropi "paṭiggaṇhātu bhante bhagavā"ti pāṭipuggalikadakkhiṇaṃyeva samādapeti, cuddasasu ca ṭhānesu dinnadānaṃ pāṭipuggalikaṃ nāma hotīti dassetuṃ imaṃ desanaṃ ārabhi. Ayaṃ paṭhamāti ayaṃ dakkhiṇā guṇavasenapi paṭhamā jeṭṭhakavasenapi. Ayaṃ hi paṭhamā aggā jeṭṭhikā, imissā dakkhiṇāya pamāṇaṃ nāma natthi. Dutiyatatiyāpi paramadakkhiṇāyeva, sesā paramadakkhiṇabhāvaṃ na pāpuṇanti. Bāhirake kāmesu vītarāgeti
Puthujjanasīlavanteti puthujjanasīlavā nāma gosīladhātuko hoti, asaṭho amāyāvī paraṃ apīḷetvā dhammena samena kasiyā vā vaṇijjāya vā jīvikaṃ kappetā. Puthujjanadussīleti puthujjanadussīlā nāma kevaṭṭamacchabandhādayo paraṃ pīḷāya jīvikaṃ kappetā.
Idāni pāṭipuggalikadakkhiṇāya vipākaṃ paricchindanto tatrānandātiādimāha. Tattha tiracchānagateti yaṃ guṇavasena upakāravasena posanatthaṃ dinnaṃ, idaṃ na gahitaṃ. Yampi ālopaaḍḍhaālopamattaṃ dinnaṃ, tampi na gahitaṃ. Yaṃ pana sunakhasūkarakukkuṭakākādīsu yassa kassaci sampattassa phalaṃ paṭikaṅkhitvā yāvadatthaṃ dinnaṃ, idaṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ "tiracchānagate dānaṃ datvā"ti. Sataguṇāti satānisaṃsā, paṭikaṅkhitabbāti icchitabbā. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti:- ayaṃ dakkhiṇā āyusataṃ vaṇṇasataṃ sukhasataṃ paṭibhānasatanti pañca ānisaṃsasatāni deti, attabhāvasate āyuṃ deti, vaṇṇaṃ, sukhaṃ, balaṃ, paṭibhānaṃ deti, nipparitasaṃ karoti. Bhavasatepi vutte ayamevattho. Iminā upāyena sabbattha nayo veditabbo.
Sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanneti ettha heṭṭhimakoṭiyā tisaraṇaṃ gato upāsakopi sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanno nāma, tasmiṃ dinnadānampi asaṅkhyeyyaṃ appameyyaṃ. Pañcasīle patiṭṭhitassa pana tato uttariṃ mahapphalaṃ, dasasīle patiṭṭhitassa tato uttariṃ, tadahupabbajitassa sāmaṇerassa tato uttariṃ, upasampannassa bhikkhuno tato uttariṃ, upasampannasseva vattasampannassa tato uttariṃ, vipassakassa tato uttariṃ, āraddhavipassakassa tato uttariṃ, uttamakoṭiyā pana maggasamaṅgī sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanno nāma. Etassa dinnadānaṃ tato uttariṃ mahapphalameva.