Tassa hi brahmuno tattha nibbattasamanantarameva attano brahmasampattiṃ oloketvā āgataṭṭhānaṃ āvajjentassa sattannaṃ janānaṃ pabbataṃ āruyha samaṇadhammakaraṇaṃ, tatthekassa parinibbutabhāvo, anāgāmiphalaṃ patvā attano ca ettha nibbattabhāvo upaṭṭhāsi. So "kattha nu kho itare pañca janā"ti āvajjento kāmāvacaradevaloke tesaṃ nibbattabhāvaṃ ñatvā aparabhāge kālānukālaṃ "kinnu kho karontī"ti tesaṃ pavattiṃ oloketiyeva. Imasmiṃ pana kāle "kahaṃ nu kho"ti āvajjento bāhiyaṃ suppārakapaṭṭanaṃ upanissāya dārucīradhāriṃ kohaññena jīvikaṃ kappentaṃ disvā "ayaṃ mayā saddhiṃ pubbe nisseṇiṃ bandhitvā pabbataṃ abhiruhitvā samaṇadhammaṃ karonto atisallekhavuttiyā jīvite anapekkho arahatāpi ābhataṃ piṇḍapātaṃ aparibhuñjitvā idāni sambhāvanādhippāyo anarahāva arahattaṃ paṭijānitvā vicarati lābhasakkārasilokaṃ nikāmayamāno, dasabalassa ca nibbattabhāvaṃ na jānāti, handa naṃ saṃvejetvā buddhuppādaṃ
Bāhiyo attano vasanaṭṭhāne uḷārobhāsaṃ disvā "kinnu kho etan"ti bahi nikkhamitvā olokento ākāse ṭhitaṃ mahābrahmānaṃ disvā añjaliṃpaggayha "ke tumhe"ti pucchi. Athassa so brahmā "ahante porāṇakasahāyo tadā anāgāmiphalaṃ patvā brahmaloke nibbatto, tvampana kiñci visesaṃ nibbattetuṃ asakkonto tadā puthujjanakālakiriyaṃ katvā saṃsaranto idāni titthiyavesadhārī anarahāva samāno `arahā ahan'ti imaṃ laddhiṃ gahetvā vicarasīti ñatvā āgato, neva kho tvaṃ bāhiya arahā, paṭinissajjetaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ, mā te ahosi dīgharattaṃ ahitāya dukkhāya, sammāsambuddho loke uppanno. So hi bhagavā arahā, gaccha naṃ payirupāsassū"ti āha. Tena vuttaṃ "athakho bāhiyassa dārucīriyassa purāṇasālohitā devatā"tiādi.
Tattha anukampikāti anuggahasīlā karuṇādhikā. Atthakāmāti hitakāmā mettādhikā. Purimapadena cettha bāhiyassa dukkhāpanayanakāmataṃ tassā devatāya dasseti, pacchimena hitūpasaṃhāraṃ. Cetasāti attano cittena, cetosīsena cettha cetopariyañāṇaṃ gahitanti veditabbaṃ. Cetoparivitakkanti tassa cittappavattiṃ. Aññāyāti jānitvā. Tenupasaṅkamīti veyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya, pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya, evameva brahmaloke antarahito bāhiyassa purato pātubhavanavasena upasaṅkami. Etadavocāti "ye kho keci loke arahanto vā"tiādipavattamicchaparivitakkaṃ bāhiyaṃ sahoḍhaṃ coraṃ gaṇaṃhanto viya "neva kho tvaṃ bāhiya arahā"tiādikaṃ etaṃ idāni vuccamānaṃ vacanaṃ brahmā avoca. Neva kho tvaṃ bāhiya arahāti etena tadā bāhiyassa asekkhabhāvaṃ paṭikkhipati, nāpi arahattamaggaṃ vā samāpannoti etena sekkhabhāvaṃ,