Yaṃ pana sadā pariharitabbaṃ caritānukūlena gahitattā dasāsubhakasiṇānussatīsu aññataraṃ catudhātuvavatthānameva vā, taṃ sadā pariharitabbato rakkhitabbato bhāvetabbato ca pārihāriyanti vuccati, mūlakammaṭṭhānantipi tadeva. Tattha yaṃ paṭhamaṃ sabbatthakakammaṭṭhānaṃ manasi karitvā pacchā pārihāriyakammaṭṭhānaṃ manasi karoti, taṃ catudhātuvavatthānamukhena dassessāma.

Ayaṃ hi yathāṭhitaṃ yathāpaṇihitaṃ kāyaṃ dhātuso paccavekkhati:- yaṃ imasmiṃ sarīre vīsatikoṭṭhāsesu kakkhaḷaṃ kharagataṃ, sā paṭhavīdhātu. Yaṃ dvādasasu ābandhanakiccakaraṃ snehagataṃ, sā āpodhātu. Yaṃ catūsu paripācanakaraṃ usumagataṃ, sā tejodhātu. Yaṃ pana chasu vitthambhanakaraṃ vāyogataṃ, sā vāyodhātu. Yaṃ panettha catūhi mahābhūtehi asamphuṭṭhaṃ chiddaṃ vivaraṃ, sā ākāsadhātu. Taṃvijānanakaṃ cittaṃ viññāṇadhātu. Tato uttariṃ añño satto vā puggalo vā natthi, kevalaṃ suddhasaṅkhārapuñjova ayanti.

Evaṃ ādimajjhapariyosānato kammaṭṭhānaṃ manasikaritvā kālaṃ ñatvā uṭṭhāyāsanā nivāsetvā pubbe vuttanayeneva gāmaṃ piṇḍāya gacchati. Gacchanto ca yathā andhaputhujjanā abhikkamādīsu "attā abhikkamati, attanā abhikkamo nibbattito"ti vā, ahaṃ "abhikkamāmi, mayā abhikkamo nibbattito"ti vā sammuyhanti, tathā asammuyhanto "abhikkamāmī"ti citte uppajjamāne teneva cittena saddhiṃ cittasamuṭṭhānā sandhāraṇavāyodhātu uppajjati, sā imaṃ paṭhavīdhātvādisannivesabhūtaṃ kāyasammataṃ aṭṭhikasaṅghāṭaṃ vippharati, tato cittakiriyāvāyodhātuvipphāravasena ayaṃ kāyasammato aṭṭhikasaṅghāṭo abhikkamati. Tassevaṃ abhikkamato ekekapāduddhāraṇe catūsu dhātūsu vāyodhātuanugatā tejodhātu adhikā uppajjati, mandā itaRā. Atiharaṇavītiharaṇāpaharaṇesu pana tejodhātuanugatā vāyodhātu adhikā uppajjati, mandā itaRā. Orohaṇe pana paṭhavīdhātuanugatā āpodhātu adhikā uppajjati, mandā itaRā. Sannikkhepanasamuppīḷanesu āpodhātvānugatā paṭhavīdhātu adhikā uppajjati, mandā itaRā. Iccetā