Idampana sīlaṃ nissāya ayaṃ saggo labbhatīti dassetuṃ sīlānantaraṃ saggakathaṃ kathesi. Saggakathanti saggo nāma iṭṭho kanto manāpo, niccamettha kīḷā niccaṃ sampattiyo labbhanti, cātummahārājikā devā navutivassasasatasahassāni dibbasukhaṃ dibbasampattiṃ paṭilabhanti, tāvatiṃsā tisso vassakoṭiyo saṭṭhi ca

Saggasampattiṃ kathentānaṃ hi buddhānaṃ mukhaṃ nappahoti. Vuttampi cetaṃ "anekapariyāyena kho ahaṃ bhikkhave saggakathaṃ katheyyan"tiādi.

Evaṃ hetunā saddhiṃ saggakathāya palobhitvā puna hatthiṃ alaṅkaritvā tassa soṇḍaṃ chindanto viya "ayampi saggo anicco addhuvo, na ettha chandarāgo kātabbo"ti dassanatthaṃ "appassādā kāmā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo"tiādinā nayena kāmānaṃ ādīnavaṃ okāraṃ saṅkilesaṃ kathesi. Tattha ādīnavanti dosaṃ. Okāranti lāmakasabhāvaṃ, aseṭṭhehi sevitabbaṃ seṭṭhehi na sevitabbaṃ nihīnasabhāvanti attho. Saṅkilesanti tehi sattānaṃ saṃsāre saṅkilissanaṃ. Tenevāha "kilissanti vata bho sattā"ti.

Evaṃ kāmādīnavena tajjetvā nekkhamme ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsesi pabbajjāya jhānādīsu ca guṇaṃ dīpesi vaṇṇesi. Kallacittantiādīsu kallacittanti kammaññacittaṃ, heṭṭhā pavattitadesanāya assaddhiyādīnaṃ cittadosānaṃ vigatattā upari desanāya bhājanabhāvūpagamanena kammaniyacittaṃ, kammakkhamacittanti attho. Diṭṭhimānādisaṅkilesavigamena muducittaṃ. Kāmacchandādivigamena vinīvaraṇacittaṃ. Sammāpaṭipattiyā uḷārapītipāmojjayogena udaggacittaṃ. Tattha saddhāsampattiyā pasannacittaṃ. Yathā bhagavā aññāsīti sambandho.