Atha bhagavā "yasmā thaddho paṭithaddhabhāvena vinetuṃ na sakkā, so hi paṭithaddhabhāve kayiramāne seyyathāpi caṇḍassa kukkurassa nāsāya pittaṃ bhindeyya, so bhiyyoso mattāya caṇḍataro assa, evaṃ thaddhataro hoti, mudunā pana so sakkā vinetun"ti ñatvā sādhāvusoti piyavacanena tassa piyavacanaṃ sampaṭicchitvā nikkhami. Tena vuttaṃ sādhāvusoti bhagavā nikkhamīti.
Tato āḷavako "subbaco vatāyaṃ samaṇo ekavacaneneva nikkhanto, evaṃ nāma nikkhametuṃ sukhaṃ samaṇaṃ akāraṇenāhaṃ sakalarattiṃ yuddhena abbhuyyāsin"ti muducitto hutvā puna cintesi "idānipi na sakkā jānituṃ, kiṃ nu kho subbacatāya nikkhanto udāhu kodhano, handāhaṃ vīmaṃsāmī"ti. Tato pavisa samaṇāti āha. Atha subbacoti mudubhūtacittassa cittavavatthānakaraṇatthaṃ puna piyavacanaṃ vadanto sādhāvusoti bhagavā pāvisi. Āḷavako punappunaṃ tameva subbacabhāvaṃ vīmaṃsanto dutiyaṃpi tatiyaṃpi nikkhama pavisāti āha. Bhagavāpi tathā akāsi. Yadi na kareyya, pakatiyāva thaddhayakkhassa cittaṃ thaddhataraṃ hutvā dhammakathāya bhājanaṃ na bhaveyya. Tasmā yathā nāma mātā rodantaṃ puttakaṃ yaṃ so icchati, taṃ datvā vā katvā vā saññāpesi, tathā bhagavā kilesarodanena rodantaṃ yakkhaṃ saññāpetuṃ yaṃ so bhaṇati, taṃ akāsi. Yathā ca dhātī thaññaṃ apivantaṃ dārakaṃ yaṅkiñci datvā
@Ma. nādhibhosi 4 ṭīkā. yāsiñceyyāti 5 cha.Ma., i. vacanaṃ 6 cha.Ma., i. akāraṇenevāhaṃ