Pahānampi pañcavidhaṃ tadaṅgappahānaṃ vikkhambhanappahānaṃ samucchedappahānaṃ paṭippassaddhippahānaṃ nissaraṇappahānanti. Tattha yaṃ vattabbaṃ, taṃ heṭṭhā ekakanipāte paṭhamasuttavaṇṇanāyaṃ vuttameva. Tassa pana pañcavidhassapi tathā tathā rāgādikilesānaṃ paṭinissajjanaṭṭhena samatikkamanaṭṭhena vā pahānassa atthāya pahānatthaṃ, pahānasādhanatthanti attho. Tattha saṃvarena kilesānaṃ cittasantāne pavesananivāraṇaṃ, pahānena pavesananivāraṇañceva samugghāto cāti vadanti. Ubhayenāpi pana yathārahaṃ ubhayaṃ sampajjatīti daṭṭhabbaṃ. Sīlādidhammā eva hi saṃvaraṇato saṃvaro, pajahanato pahānanti.

@3 Ma.mū. 12/26/15, aṅ.dasaka. 24/60/88

Gāthāsu anītihanti ītiyo vuccanti upaddavā diṭṭhadhammikā ca samparāyikā ca, ītiyo hanati vināseti pajahatīti ītihaṃ, anuītihanti anītihaṃ, sāsanabrahmacariyaṃ maggabrahmacariyañca. Atha vā ītīhi anatthehi saddhiṃ hananti gacchanti pavattantīti ītihā, taṇhādiupakkilesā. Natthi ettha ītihāti anītihaṃ. Ītihā vā yathāvuttenatthena titthiyasamayā, tappaṭipakkhato idaṃ anītihaṃ. "anitihan"tipi pāṭho. Tassattho:- "itihāyan"ti dhammesu anekaṃsaggāhabhāvato vicikicchā itihaṃ nāma, sammāsambuddhappaveditattā yathānusiṭṭhaṃ paṭipajjantānaṃ nikkaṅkhabhāvasādhanato natthi ettha itihanti anitihaṃ, aparapaccayanti attho. Vuttañhetaṃ "paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhī"ti "atakkāvacaro"ti ca. Gāthāsukhatthaṃ pana "anītihan"ti dīghaṃ katvā paṭhanti.