Kasmā pana na ṭhitoti? upādinnakasarīraṃ nāma khaṇḍiccādīhi abhibhuyyati, Buddhā nāma khaṇḍiccādibhāvaṃ apatvā pañcame āyukoṭṭhāse bahujanassa piyamanāpakāleyeva parinibbāyanti. Buddhānubuddhesu ca mahāsāvakesu parinibbutesu ekakena khāṇukena viya ṭhātabbaṃ hoti, daharasāmaṇeraparivārena vā, tato "aho buddhānaṃ parisā"ti hīḷetabbataṃ āpajjeyya, tasmā na ṭhitoti. Evaṃ vuttepi so pana na ruccati, "āyukappo"ti idameva aṭṭhakathāyaṃ niyamitaṃ.

Yathā taṃ mārena pariyuṭṭhitacittoti ettha tanti nipātamattaṃ. Yathā mārena pariyuṭṭhitacitto ajjhotthaṭacitto aññopi koci puthujjano paṭivijjhituṃ na sakkuṇeyya evameva nāsakkhi paṭivijjhitunti attho. Māro hi yassa sabbena sabbaṃ dvādasa vipallāsā appahīnā, tassa cittaṃ pariyuṭṭhāti. Therassa ca cattāro vipallāsā appahīnā, tenassa māro cittaṃ pariyuṭṭhāsi. So pana cittaṃ pariyuṭṭhānaṃ karonto kiṃ karotīti? bheravaṃ rūpārammaṇaṃ vā dasseti, saddārammaṇaṃ vā sāveti, tato Sattā taṃ disvā vā sutvā vā satiṃ vissajjetvā vivaṭṭamukhā honti, tesaṃ mukhena hatthaṃ pavesetvā hadayaṃ maddati, te visaññīva hutvā tiṭṭhanti. Therassa panesa mukhena hatthaṃ pavesetuṃ kiṃ sakkhissati, bheravārammaṇaṃ pana dasseti, taṃ disvā thero nimittobhāsaṃ na paṭivijjhi. Jānantoyeva bhagavā kimatthaṃ yāvatatiyakaṃ āmantesīti. Purato "tiṭṭhatu bhante bhagavā"ti yācite "tuyhevetaṃ dukkaṭaṃ, tuyhevetaṃ aparaddhan"ti dosāropanena sokatanukaraṇatthaṃ.

Māro pāpimāti ettha satte anatthe niyojento māretīti māro. Pāpimāti tasseva vevacanaṃ, so hi pāpadhammasamannāgatattā "pāpimā"ti vuccati. Kaṇho antako namuci pamattabandhūtipi tasseva nāmāni. Bhāsitā kho panesāti ayañhi bhagavato sambodhipattiyā aṭṭhame sattāhe bodhimaṇḍaṃyeva āgantvā "bhagavā yadatthaṃ tumhehi pāramiyo pūritā, so vo attho anuppatto, paṭividdhaṃ sabbaññutañāṇaṃ, kiṃ vo lokavicāraṇenā"ti vatvā yathā ajja, evameva "parinibbātu dāni bhante bhagavā, parinibbātu sugato"ti yāci. Bhagavā cassa "na tāvāhan"tiādīni vatvā paṭikkhipi. Taṃ sandhāya "bhāsitā kho panesā bhante"tiādimāha.