Aññathābhāvī bhavasattoti asambhave vaḍḍhiyaṃ hitasukhe satto laggo sattaloko maññanāya yathāruci cintiyamānopi viparītapaṭipattiyā tato aññathābhāvī ahitadukkhabhāvī vighātaṃyeva pāpuṇāti. Bhavamevābhinandatīti evaṃ santepi taṃ maññanāparippitaṃ avijjamānaṃ bhavaṃ vuḍḍhiṃ abhinandati eva abhikaṅkhati eva. Athavā aññathābhāvīti "nicco me attā"tiādinā maññanāya parikappitākārato sayaṃ aññathābhāvī samāno anicco addhuvoti attho. Bhavasattoti kāmādibhavesu bhavataṇhāya satto laggo gadhito. Bhavamevābhinandatīti aniccādisabhāvaṃ bhavameva niccādivasena parāmasitvā, tattha vā adhimuttisaññaṃ taṇhādiṭṭhādinandanāya abhinandati, na tattha nibbindati. Yadabhinandati taṃ bhayanti yaṃ vuḍḍhisaṅkhātaṃ bhavaṃ kāmādibhavaṃ vā abhinandati, taṃ aniccādivipariṇāmasabhāvattā anekabyanānudhattā ca bhavahetubhāvato ativiya bhayānakaṭṭhena bhayaṃ. Yassa bhāyatīti yato jarāmaraṇādito bhāyati, taṃ jarāmaraṇādidukkhādhiṭṭhānabhāvato dukkhadukkhabhāvato ca dukkhaṃ. Atha vā yassa bhāyatīti bhavābhinandanena yassa visayassa bhāyati, so ucchedasaṅkhāto vibhavo, tato bhāyanañca dukkhavatthubhāvato jātiādidukkhassa anativattanato ca dukkhaṃ dukkhasabhāvamevāti attho. Atha vā yassa bhāyati taṃ dukkhanti yassa aniccādikassa bhāyataṃ taṃ nissaraṇaṃ ajānanto, taṃ bhayaṃ tassa dukkhaṃ hoti, dukkhaṃ āvahatīti attho.
Ettakena vaṭṭaṃ dassetvā idāni vivaṭṭaṃ dassetuṃ "bhavavippahānāya kho panidaṃ brahmacariyaṃ vussatī"ti āha. Tattha bhavavippahānāyāti kāmādibhavassa pajahanatthāya. Khoti avadhāraṇe, panāti padapūraṇe nipāto idanti āsannapaccakkhavacanaṃ. Brahmacariyanti maggabrahamcariyaṃ. Vussatīti pūressati idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti:- ekanteneva kāmādibhavassa samudayappahānena asavasesapajahanatthāya idaṃ