@3 Sī.,ka. vadanti Kilesamārādikassa sabbassapi mārassa vasaṃ yathākāmakaraṇīyataṃ upagacchati, tesaṃ visayaṃ nātikkamatīti attho.
Imāya hi gāthāya bhagavā ye satiārakkhābhāvena sabbaso arakkhitacittā, yonisomanasikārassa hetubhūtāya paññāya abhāvato ayoniso ummujjanena niccantiādinā vipariyesagāhino, tato eva kusalakiriyāya vīriyārambhābhāvato kosajjābhibhūtā te vaṭṭato sīsaṃ na ukkhipissantīti tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ pamādavihāragarahāmukhena vaṭṭaṃ dassetvā idāni vivaṭṭaṃ dassetuṃ "tasmā rakkhitacittassā"ti dutiyaṃ gāthamāha.
Tattha tasmā rakkhitacittassāti yasmā arakkhitacitto mārassa yathākāmakaraṇīyo hutvā saṃsāreyeva hoti, tasmā satisaṃvarena manacchaṭṭhānaṃ indriyānaṃ rakkhanena pidahanena rakkhitacitto assa. Citte hi rakkhite cakkhvādiindriyāni rakkhitāneva hontīti. Sammāsaṅkappagocaroti yasmā micchāsaṅkappagocaro tathā tathā ayoniso vitakketvā nānāvidhāni micchādassanāni gaṇhanto micchādiṭṭhihatena cittena mārassa yathākāmakaraṇīyo hoti, tasmā yonisomanasikārena kammaṃ karonto nekkhammasaṅkappādisammāsaṅkappagocaro assa, jhānādisampayuttaṃ sammāsaṅkappameva attano cittassa pavattiṭṭhānaṃ kareyya. Sammādiṭṭhipurekkhāroti sammāsaṅkappagocaratāya vidhūtamicchādassano puretaraṃyeva kammassakatālakkhaṇaṃ, tato yathābhūtañāṇalakkhaṇañca sammādiṭṭhiṃ pubbaṅgamaṃ katvā pubbe vuttanayeneva sīlasamādhīsu yutto payutto vipassanaṃ ārabhitvā saṅkhāre sammasanto ñatvāna udayabbayaṃ pañcasu upādānakkhandhesu samapaññāsāya ākārehi uppādaṃ nirodhañca vavatthapetvā yudayabbayañāṇaṃ adhigantvā tato paraṃ bhaṅgānupassanādivasena