tesaṃ aggamakkhāyatī"ti. "maggānaṭṭhaṅgiko seṭṭho"ti ca.

Saṃghā vā gaṇā vāti janasamūhasaṅkhātā yāvatā loke saṃghā vā gaṇā vā. Tathāgatasāvakasaṃghoti aṭṭhaariyapuggalasamūhasaṅkhāto diṭṭhisīlasāmaññena saṃhato tathāgatassa sāvakasaṃgho. Tesaṃ aggamakkhāyatīti attano sīlasamādhipaññāvimutti- ādiguṇavisesena tesaṃ saṃghānaṃ aggo seṭṭho uttamo pavaroti vuccati. Yadidanti yāni imāni. Cattāri purisayugānīti yugaḷavasena paṭhamamaggaṭṭho paṭhamaphalaṭṭhoti idamekaṃ yugaḷaṃ, yāva catutthamaggaṭṭho catutthaphalaṭṭhoti idamekaṃ yugaḷanti evaṃ cattāri purisayugāni. Aṭṭha purisapuggalāti purisapuggalavasena eko paṭhamamaggaṭṭho eko paṭhamaphalaṭṭhoti iminā nayena aṭṭha purisapuggalā. Ettha ca purisoti vā puggaloti vā ekatthāni etāni padāni, veneyyavasena panevaṃ vuttaṃ. Esa bhagavato sāvakasaṃghoti yānimāni yugavasena cattāri purisayugāni, pāṭekkato aṭṭha purisapuggalā, esa bhagavato sāvakasaṃgho.

Āhuneyyotiādīsu ānetvā hunitabbanti āhunaṃ, dūratopi āgantvā sīlavantesu dātabbanti attho. Catunnaṃ paccayānaṃ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Mahapphalabhāvakaraṇato taṃ āhunaṃ paṭiggahetuṃ yuttoti āhuneyyo. Atha vā dūratopi āgantvā sabbaṃ sāpateyyampi ettha āhunitabbaṃ, sakkārādīnampi āhavanaṃ arahatīti vā āhavanīyo. Yo cāyaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ āhavanīyo nāma aggi, yattha hutaṃ mahapphalanti tesaṃ laddhi, so ce hutassa mahapphalatāya āhavanīyo, saṃghova āhavanīyo. Saṃghe hutañhi mahapphalaṃ hoti. Yathāha:-