Tattha vuḍḍhataraṃ disvā paccuggamanapattacīvarapaṭiggahaṇaabhivādanamagga- sampadānādivasena apacāyanasahagataṃ veditabbaṃ. Vuḍḍhatarānaṃ vattapaṭipattikaraṇavasena, gāmaṃ piṇḍāya paviṭṭhaṃ bhikkhuṃ disvā pattaṃ gahetvā gāme bhikkhaṃ sampādetvā upasaṃharaṇavasena, "gaccha bhikkhūnaṃ pattaṃ āharā"ti sutvā vegena gantvā pattāharaṇādivasena ca veyyāvaccasahagataṃ veditabbaṃ. Cattāro paccaye datvā pupphagandhādīhi ratanattayassa pūjaṃ katvā aññaṃ vā tādisaṃ puññaṃ katvā
Tathā parehi dinnāya pattiyā kevalaṃ vā parehi kataṃ puññaṃ "sādhu suṭṭhū"ti anumodanavasena abbhanumodanaṃ veditabbaṃ. Attano paguṇadhammaṃ apaccāsiṃsanto hitajjhāsayena paresaṃ deseti. Idaṃ desanāmayaṃ puññakiriyāvatthu nāma. Yaṃ pana eko "evaṃ maṃ dhammakathikoti jānissantī"ti icchāya ṭhatvā lābhasakkārasiloka- sannissito dhammaṃ deseti, taṃ na mahapphalaṃ hoti. "addhā ayaṃ attahitaparahitānaṃ paṭipajjanūpāyo"ti yonisomanasikārapurecārikahitapharaṇena muducittena dhammaṃ suṇāti, idaṃ savanamayaṃ puññakiriyāvatthu hoti. Yaṃ paneko "iti maṃ saddhoti jānissantī"ti suṇāti, taṃ na mahapphalaṃ hoti. Diṭṭhiyā ujugamanaṃ diṭṭhujugataṃ. "atthi dinnan"ti ādinayappavattassa sammādassanassa etaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Idaṃ hi pubbabhāge vā pacchābhāge vā ñāṇavippayuttampi ujukaraṇakāle ñāṇasampayuttameva hoti. Apare panāhu "vijānapajānavasena dassanaṃ diṭṭhi kusalañca viññāṇaṃ kammassakatañāṇādi ca sammādassanan"ti. Tattha kusalena viññāṇena ñāṇassa anuppādepi attanā katapuññānussaraṇavaṇṇārahavaṇṇādīnaṃ saṅgaho, kammassakatañāṇena kammapathasammādiṭṭhiyā. Itaraṃ pana diṭṭhujugataṃ sabbesaṃ niyamalakkhaṇaṃ. Yaṃ hi kiñci puññaṃ karontassa diṭṭhiyā ujubhāveneva taṃ mahapphalaṃ hoti.
Imesaṃ pana sattannaṃ puññakiriyāvatthūnaṃ purimehi tīhi dānamayādīhi puññakiriyāvatthūhi saṅgaho. Tattha hi apacāyanaveyyāvaccāni sīlamaye, pattianuppadānaabbhanumodanāni dānamaye, dhammadesanāsavanāni bhāvanāmaye, diṭṭhujugataṃ tīsupi. Tenāha bhagavā:-