Tattha ariyoti nibbānatthikehi adhigantabbo, apica ārakā kilesehi vattanato, ariyabhāvakaraṇato, ariyaphalapaṭilābhanato cāpi ariyoti veditabbo. Aṭṭha aṅgāni assāti aṭṭhaṅgigo. Svāyaṃ caturaṅgikā viya senā, pañcaṅgikaṃ viya turiyaṃ aṅgavinibbhogena anūpalabbhasabhāvato aṅgamattamevāti veditabbo. Maggati iminā nibbānaṃ, sayaṃ vā maggati, mārento vā kilese gacchatīti maggo.

Evamaṭṭhabhedañcimaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvento bhikkhu avijjaṃ bhindati, vijjaṃ uppādeti, nibbānaṃ sacchikaroti, tena diṭṭheva dhamme dukkhassantakaro hotīti vuccati. Vuttañcetaṃ bhagavatā:-

"seyyathāpi bhikkhave sālisūkaṃ vā yavasūkaṃ vā sammāpaṇihitaṃ hatthena

vā pādena vā akkantaṃ hatthaṃ vā pādaṃ vā bhijjissati, lohitaṃ vā