@su.vi. 2/355 maghamāṇavavatthuvaṇṇanā 3 Sī.,i. iti Nakkhattaṃ kīḷituṃ na labhissāmā"ti anattamanā honti. Sukkapakkhepi imināva upāyena attho veditabbo.

Bhūtapubbaṃ bhikkhave sakko devānamindoti attano sakkadevarājakālaṃ sandhāya katheti. Ekassa vā sakkassa ajjhāsayaṃ gahetvā kathetīti vuttaṃ. Anunayamānoti anubodhayamāno. Tāyaṃ velāyanti tasmiṃ kāle.

Pāṭihāriyapakkhañcāti ettha pāṭihāriyapakkho nāma antovasse temāsaṃ nibaddhuposatho, tampi asakkontassa dvinnaṃ pavāraṇānaṃ antare ekamāsaṃ nibaddhuposatho, tampi asakkontassa paṭhamapavāraṇāto paṭṭhāya eko aḍḍhamāso pāṭihāriyapakkhoyeva nāma. Aṭṭhaṅgasusamāgatanti aṭṭhahi guṇaṅgehi samannāgataṃ. Yopissa mādiso naroti yopi satto mādiso bhaveyya. Sakkopi kira vuttappakārassa uposathakammassa guṇaṃ jānitvā devalokasampattiyo pahāya māsassa aṭṭha divase uposathaṃ upasavati. Tasmā evamāha. Aparo nayo:- yopissa mādiso naroti yopi satto mādiso assa, mahāsampattiṃ sampāpuṇituṃ iccheyyāti attho. Sakkā hi evarūpena uposathakammena sakkasampattiṃ pāpuṇitunti ayamettha adhippāyo.