Yatra hi nāmāti yo nāma. Kiñcāpihanti kiñcāpi "ahaṃ mahallako"ti ñātaṃ, yadi ahaṃ mahallako, mahallako samānopi sakkhissāmi samaṇadhammaṃ kātuṃ, desetu me bhante bhagavāti adhippāyena mahallakabhāvaṃ anuggaṇhanto ovādaṃ ca pasaṃsanto evamāha.

Adiṭṭhā adiṭṭhapubbāti imasmiṃ attabhāve adiṭṭhā atītepi adiṭṭhapubbā. Na ca passasīti etarahipi na passasi. Na na te hoti passeyyanti evaṃ samannāhāropi te yattha natthi, api nu te tattha chandādayo uppajjeyyunti pucchati

diṭṭhe diṭṭhamattanti rūpāyatane cakkhuviññāṇena diṭṭhamattaṃ. Cakkhuviññāṇaṃ hi rūpe rūpamattameva passati, na niccādisabhāvaṃ, iti sesaviññāṇehipi me ettha diṭṭhamattameva cittaṃ bhavissatīti attho. athavā diṭṭhe diṭṭhaṃ nāma cakkhuviññāṇaṃ, rūpe rūpavijānananti attho. mattāti pamāṇaṃ, diṭṭhaṃ mattā assāti diṭṭhamattaṃ, cittaṃ, cakkhuviññāṇamattameva me cittaṃ bhavissatīti attho. Idaṃ vutataṃ hoti:- yathā āpāthagatarūpe cakkhuviññāṇaṃ na rajjati na dussati na muyhati,

Athavā diṭṭhaṃ nāma cakkhuviññāṇena diṭṭharūpaṃ, diṭṭhe diṭṭhamattaṃ nāma tattheva uppannasampaṭicchannasantīraṇavoṭṭhabbanasaṅkhātacittattayaṃ. Yathā taṃ na rajjati na dussati na muyhati, evaṃ āpāthagate rūpe teneva sampaṭicchannādippamāṇena javanaṃ uppādessāmi, nāssa taṃ pamāṇaṃ atikkamitvā rajjanādivasena uppajjituṃ dassāmīti ayamettha attho. Eseva nayo sutamutesu.