Apicettha satipaṭṭhānāti vipassanā, bojjhaṅgā maggo, anuttarasammāsambodhi arahattaṃ. Satipaṭṭhānāti vā vipassanā, bojjhaṅgā missakā, sammāsambodhi arahattameva. Dīghabhāṇakamahāsivatthero panāha "satipaṭṭhāne vipassanaṃ gahetvā bojjhaṅge maggo ca sabbaññutañāṇañcāti gahite sundaro pañho bhaveyya, na panevaṃ gahitan"ti. Iti thero sabbabuddhānaṃ nīvaraṇappahāne satipaṭṭhānabhāvanāya sambodhiyañca majjhe bhinnasuvaṇṇarajatānaṃ viya nānattābhāvaṃ dasseti.

Idha ṭhatvā upamā saṃsandetabbā:- āyasmā hi sāriputto paccantanagaraṃ dassesi, pākāraṃ dassesi, anupariyāyapathaṃ dassesi, dvāraṃ dassesi, paṇḍitadovārikaṃ dassesi, nagaraṃ pavisanakanikkhamanake oḷārike pāṇe dassesi, dovārikassa tesaṃ pāṇānaṃ pākaṭabhāvaṃ dassesi. Tattha kiṃ kena sadisanti ce. Nagaraṃ viya hi nibbānaṃ, pākāro viya sīlaṃ, pariyāyapatho viya hirī, dvāraṃ viya ariyamaggo, paṇḍitadovāriko viya dhammasenāpati, nagaraṃ pavisanakanikkhamanakā oḷārikapāṇā viya atītānāgatapaccuppannā buddhā, dovārikassa tesaṃ pāṇānaṃ pākaṭabhāvo viya āyasmato sāriputtassa atītānāgatapaccuppannānaṃ buddhānaṃ sīlasamathādīhi pākaṭabhāvo. Ettāvatā therena bhagavato "evamahaṃ sāvakapāramīñāṇe ṭhatvā dhammanvayena nayaggāhena jānāmī"ti attano sīhanādassa anuyogo dinno hoti.

Tasmāti yasmā "na kho metaṃ bhante atītānāgatapaccuppannesu arahantesu sammāsambuddhesu cetopariyañāṇaṃ atthi, apica dhammanvayo vidito"ti vadasi, tasmā. Abhikkhaṇaṃ bhāseyyāsīti punappunaṃ bhāseyyāsi, "pubbaṇhe me kathitan"ti mā majjhanhikādīsu na kathayittha, "ajja vā me kathitan"ti paradivasādīsu na kathayitthāti attho. Sā pahīyissatīti "sāriputtasadisopi nāma ñāṇajavanasampanno