Tattha yasmā dhaniyo saputtadāro bhagavato ariyamaggapaṭivedhena dhammakāyaṃ disvā lokuttaracakkhunā rūpakāyaṃ disvā lokiyacakkhunā saddhāpaṭilābhaṃ labhi, tasmā āha "lābhā vata no anappakā, ye mayaṃ bhagavantaṃ addasāmā"ti. Tattha vataiti vimhayatthe nipāto. Noiti amhākaṃ. Anappakāti vipulā. Sesaṃ uttānameva. Saraṇaṃ taṃ upemāti ettha pana kiñcāpi maggapaṭivedhenevassa siddhaṃ saraṇagamanaṃ, tattha pana nicchayagamanameva gato, idāni vācāya attasanniyyātanaṃ karoti. Maggavasena vā sanniyyātanasaraṇataṃ acalasaraṇataṃ patto, taṃ paresaṃ vācāya pākaṭaṃ karonto paṇipātasaraṇagamanaṃ gacchati. Cakkhumāti

Taṃ ālapanto āha "saraṇaṃ taṃ upema cakkhumā"ti. Satthā no hohi tuvaṃ mahāmunīti idaṃ pana vacanaṃ sissabhāvūpagamanenāpi saraṇagamanaṃ pūretuṃ bhaṇati, gopi ca ahañca assavā, brahmacariyaṃ sugate carāmaseti idaṃ samādānavasena.

Tattha brahmacariyanti methunaviratimaggasamaṇadhammasāsanasadārasantosānametaṃ adhivacanaṃ. "brahmacārī"ti evamādīsu hi methunavirati brahmacariyanti vuccati. "idaṃ kho pana me pañcasikha brahmacariyaṃ ekantanibbidāyā"ti evamādīsu maggo. "abhijānāmi kho panāhaṃ sāriputta caturaṅgasamannāgataṃ brahmacariyaṃ caritā"ti evamādīsu samaṇadhammo. "tayidaṃ brahmacariyaṃ iddhañceva phītañcā"ti evamādīsu sāsanaṃ.

"mayañca bhariyā nātikkamāma