@kathanti 3 cha.Ma. tesaṃ nidahanaṭṭhena Dānañhi loke sakkasampattiṃ deti mārasampattiṃ brahmasampattiṃ cakkavattisampattiṃ sāvakapāramiñāṇaṃ paccekabodhiñāṇaṃ abhisambodhiñāṇaṃ detīti evamādidānaguṇapaṭisaṃyuttakathaṃ.

Yasmā pana dānaṃ dadanto sīlaṃ samādātuṃ sakkoti, tasmā tadanantaraṃ sīlakathaṃ kathesi. Sīlakathanti sīlaṃ nāmetaṃ avassayo patiṭṭhā ārammaṇaṃ tāṇaṃ leṇaṃ gati parāyanaṃ. Sīlaṃ nāmetaṃ mama vaṃso, ahaṃ saṅkhapālanāgarājakāle bhūridatta- nāgarājakāle campeyyanāgarājakāle sīlavanāgarājakāle mātuposakahatthirājakāle chaddantahatthirājakāleti anantesu attabhāvesu sīlaṃ paripūresiṃ. Idhalokaparaloka- sampattīnañhi sīlasadiso avassayo patiṭṭhā ārammaṇaṃ tāṇaṃ leṇaṃ gati parāyanaṃ natthi, sīlālaṅkārasadiso alaṅkāro natthi, sīlapupphasadisaṃ pupphaṃ natthi, sīlagandha- sadiso gandho natthi. Sīlālaṅkārena hi alaṅkataṃ sīlagandhānulittaṃ sadevakopi loko olokento tittiṃ na gacchatīti evamādisīlaguṇapaṭisaṃyuttakathaṃ.

"idaṃ pana sīlaṃ nissāya ayaṃ saggo labbhatī"ti dassetuṃ sīlānantaraṃ saggakathaṃ kathesi. Saggakathanti "ayaṃ saggo nāma iṭṭho kanto manāpo, niccamettha kīḷā, niccaṃ sampattiyo labbhanti, cātummahārājikā devā navutivassasahassāni dibbasukhaṃ dibbasampattiṃ anubhavanti, tāvatiṃsā tisso ca vassakoṭiyo saṭṭhi ca vassasata- sahassānī"ti evamādisaggaguṇapaṭisaṃyuttakathaṃ. Saggasampattiṃ kathayantānaṃ hi buddhānaṃ mukhaṃ nappahoti. Vuttampi cetaṃ "anekapariyāyenapi kho ahaṃ bhikkhave saggakathaṃ katheyyan"tiādi.

Evaṃ saggakathāya palobhetvā pana hatthiṃ alaṅkaritvā tassa soṇḍaṃ chindanto viya "ayaṃpi saggo anicco adhuvo, na ettha chandarāgo kattabbo"ti dassanatthaṃ "appassādā kāmā bahudukkhā bahūpāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha