Evañcettha anusandhi veditabbā:- anena hi brāhmaṇena bhagavā yuganaṅgalādikasisambhāravasena kasiṃ pucchito, tassa anukampāya "idaṃ apucchitan"ti aparihāpetvā samūlaṃ saupakāraṃ sasambhāraṃ saphalaṃ kasiṃ ñāpetuṃ mūlato paṭṭhāya kasiṃ dassento āha "saddhā bījan"ti. Bījaṃ hi kasiyā mūlaṃ tasmiṃ sati kattabbato, asati akattabbato, tappamāṇena ca kattabbato. Bīje hi sati kasiṃ karonti, asati na karonti. Bījappamāṇena ca kusalā kassakā khettaṃ kasanti, na ūnaṃ "mā no sassaṃ parihāyī"ti, na adhikaṃ "mā no mogho vāyāmo ahosī"ti. Yasmā ca bījameva mūlaṃ, tasmā bhagavā mūlato paṭṭhāya kasiṃ dassento tassa brāhmaṇassa kasiyā pubbadhammassa bījassa sabhāgena attano kasiyā pubbadhammaṃ ropento āha "saddhā bījan"ti. Evamettha pubbadhammasabhāgo veditabbo.

Pucchitaṃyeva vatvā apucchitaṃ pacchā kiṃ na vuttanti ce? tassa Upakārabhāvato dhammasambandhasamatthabhāvato ca ayañhi brāhmaṇo paññavā, micchādiṭṭhikule pana jātattā saddhāvirahito. Saddhāvirahito ca paññavā paresaṃ saddhāya attano visaye appaṭipajjamāno visesaṃ nādhigacchati, kilesakālussiya- bhāvāpagamaappasādamattalakkhaṇāpi cassa dubbalā saddhā balavatiyā paññāya saha vattamānā atthasiddhiṃ na karoti hatthinā saha ekadhure yuttagoṇo viya. Tasmā tassa saddhā upakārikā. Evaṃ tassa brāhmaṇassa saupakārabhāvato taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ saddhāya patiṭṭhāpentena pacchāpi vattabbo ayamattho pubbe vutto

Evaṃ dhammasambandhasamatthabhāvato pacchāpi vattabbo ayamattho pubbe vutto, añño ca evaṃvidho īsāyottādi.