"na tena ariyo hoti yena pāṇāni hiṃsati;

ahiṃsā sabbapāṇānaṃ `ariyoti pavuccatīti.

Tattha "ahiṃsāti: ahiṃsanena. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti "yena pāṇāni

Hiṃsati, na tena kāraṇena ariyo hoti; yo pana sabbapāṇānaṃ pāṇiādinā ahiṃsanena mettādibhāvanāya patiṭṭhitattā hiṃsato ārā ṭhito, ayaṃ `ariyoti pavuccatīti attho.