Ettha ca saraṇagamanakosallatthaṃ saraṇaṃ saraṇagamanaṃ yo ca saraṇaṃ gacchati saraṇagamanappabhedo phalaṃ saṅkileso bhedo vodānanti ayaṃ vidhi veditabbo.

Tattha padatthato tāva hiṃsatīti saraṇaṃ, saraṇagatānaṃ teneva saraṇagamanena bhayaṃ santāsaṃ dukkhaṃ duggatiṃ parikilesaṃ hanati vināsetīti attho, ratanattayassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Atha vā hite pavattanena ahitā nivattanena ca sattānaṃ bhayaṃ hiṃsatīti buddho saraṇaṃ, bhavakantārato uttāraṇena assāsadānena ca dhammo, appakānampi kārānaṃ vipulaphalapaṭilābhakaraṇena saṃgho. Tasmā imināpi pariyāyena ratanattayaṃ saraṇaṃ. Tappasādaggarutāhi vihatakileso tapparāyanatākārappavatto cittuppādo saraṇagamanaṃ. Taṃsamaṅgisatto saraṇaṃ gacchati, vuttappakārena cittuppādena "etāni me tīṇi ratanāni saraṇaṃ, etāni parāyanan"ti evaṃ upetīti attho. Evaṃ tāva saraṇaṃ saraṇagamanaṃ yo ca saraṇaṃ gacchatīti idaṃ tayaṃ veditabbaṃ.

Pabhedato pana duvidhaṃ saraṇagamanaṃ lokiyaṃ lokuttarañca. Tattha lokuttaraṃ diṭṭhasaccānaṃ maggakkhaṇe saraṇagamanupakkilesasamucchedena ārammaṇato nibbānārammaṇaṃ hutvā kiccato sakalepi ratanattaye ijjhati, lokiyaṃ puthujjanānaṃ saraṇagamanupakkilesavikkhambhanena ārammaṇato buddhādiguṇārammaṇaṃ hutvā ijjhati. Taṃ atthato buddhādīsu vatthūsu saddhāpaṭilābho, saddhāmūlikā ca sammādiṭṭhi dasasu puññakiriyāvatthūsu diṭṭhujukammanti vuccati.