Evaṃ bhagavatā sattahi padehi ekāyanamaggassa vaṇṇo bhāsito, so kasmāiti ce? bhikkhūnaṃ ussāhajananatthaṃ. Vaṇṇabhāsanañhi sutvā te bhikkhū "ayaṃ kira maggo hadayasantāpabhūtaṃ sokaṃ, vācāvippalāpabhūtaṃ paridevaṃ, kāyikaasātabhūtaṃ dukkhaṃ, cetasikaasātabhūtaṃ domanassanti cattāro upaddave harati, visuddhiṃ, ñāyaṃ, nibbānanti tayo visese āvahatī"ti ussāhajātā imaṃ desanaṃ uggahetabbaṃ pariyāpuṇitabbaṃ dhāretabbaṃ, imañca maggaṃ bhāvetabbaṃ maññissanti. Iti tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ ussāhajananatthaṃ vaṇṇaṃ abhāsi kambalavāṇijādayo kambalādīnaṃ vaṇṇaṃ viya.
Yadidanti nipāto, ye imeti ayamassa attho. Cattāroti gaṇanaparicchedo, tena "na tato heṭṭhā, na uddhan"ti satipaṭṭhānaparicchedaṃ dīpeti. Satipaṭṭhānāti tayo satipaṭṭhānā satigocaropi, tidhā paṭipannesu sāvakesu satthuno paṭighānunayavītivattāpi, satipi. "catunnaṃ bhikkhave satipaṭṭhānānaṃ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca desessāmi, taṃ suṇātha, ko ca bhikkhave kāyassa samudayo, āhārasamudayā kāyasamudayo"tiādīsu hi satigocaro satipaṭṭhānanti vutto. Tathā "kāyo upaṭṭhānaṃ, no sati, sati upaṭṭhānañceva sati cā"tiādīsupi. Tassattho:-
Kā patiṭṭhāti? sati. Satiyā paṭṭhānaṃ satipaṭṭhānaṃ. Padhānaṃ ṭhānanti vā paṭṭhānaṃ. Satiyā paṭṭhānaṃ satipaṭṭhānaṃ hatthiṭṭhānaassaṭṭhānādīni viya.
"tayo satipaṭṭhānā, yadariyo sevati, yadariyo sevamāno satthā gaṇamanusāsitumarahatī"ti ettha tidhā paṭipannesu sāvakesu satthuno paṭighānunayavītivattatā satipaṭṭhānanti vuttā. Tassattho:- paṭṭhapetabbato paṭṭhānaṃ, pavattayitabbatoti attho. Kena paṭṭhapetabboti? satiyā. Satiyā paṭṭhānaṃ satipaṭṭhānanti.