Tassattho:- sāsavesu sabbakkhandhāyatanadhātūsu chandarāgappahānena tehi anabhibhūtattā sayaṃ ca te dhamme sabbe abhibhuyya pavattattā sabbābhibhuṃ. Tesañca aññesañca sabbadhammānaṃ sabbākārena viditatāya sabbaviduṃ. Sabbadhammadesanāsamatthāya sobhanāya medhāya samannāgatattā sumedhaṃ. Yesaṃ taṇhādiṭṭhilepānaṃ vasena sāsavakhandhādibhedesu sabbadhammesu upalimpati, tesaṃ lepānaṃ abhāvena tesu sabbadhammesu anupalittaṃ. Tesu ca sabbadhammesu chandarāgābhāvena sabbe te dhamme jahitvā ṭhitattā sabbañjahaṃ. Upadhivivekaninnena cittena taṇhakkhaye nibbāne visesena muttattā taṇhakkhaye vimuttaṃ, adhimuttanti vuttaṃ hoti. Taṃ vāpi dhīrā muni vedayantīti tampi paṇḍitā sattā muniṃ vedayanti jānanti. Passatha yāva paṭivisiṭṭhovāyaṃ muni, tassa kuto desanāmalanti attānaṃ vibhāveti. Vibhāvanattho hi ettha vāsaddoti. Keci pana vaṇṇayanti:- "upako tadā tathāgataṃ disvāpi `ayaṃ buddhamunī'ti na saddahī"ti evaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ, tato bhagavā "saddahatu vā mā vā, dhīrā pana taṃ muniṃ vedayantī"ti dassento imaṃ gāthamāhāti.
[214] Paññābalanti kā uppatti? ayaṃ gāthā revatattheraṃ ārabbha vuttā. Tattha "gāme vā yadi vāraññe"ti imissā gāthāya vuttanayeneva revatattherassa ādito pabhuti pabbajjā, pabbajitassa khadiravane vihāro, tattha
@3 cha.Ma. abhāvā 4 cha.Ma. gāthamabhāsīti Viharato visesādhigamo, bhagavato tattha gamanapaccāgamanañca veditabbaṃ. Paccāgate pana bhagavati yo so mahallakabhikkhu upāhanaṃ sammussitvā paṭinivatto khadirarukkhe ālaggitaṃ disvā sāvatthiṃ anuppatto visākhāya upāsikāya "kiṃ bhante revatattherassa vasanokāso ramaṇīyo"ti pucchamānāya yehi bhikakhūhi pasaṃsito, te apasādento "upāsike ete tucchaṃ bhaṇantaṃ, na sundaro bhūmippadeso atilūkho, kakkhaḷaṃ khadiravanamevā"ti āha. So visākhāya āgantukabhattaṃ bhuñjitvā pacchābhattaṃ maṇḍalamāḷe sannipatite bhikkhū ujjhāpento āha "kiṃ āvuso revatassa senāsane ramaṇīyaṃ tumhehi diṭṭhan"ti. Bhagavā taṃ ñatvā gandhakuṭito nikkhamma taṃkhaṇānurūpena pāṭihāriyena parisamajjhaṃ patvā buddhāsane nisīditvā bhikkhū āmantesi "kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnā"ti. Te āhaṃsu "revatattheraṃ bhante ārabbha kathā uppannā `evaṃ navakammiko kadā samaṇadhammaṃ karissatī'ti". "na bhikkhave revato navakammiko, arahaṃ revato khīṇāsavo"ti vatvā taṃ ārabbha tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ dhammadesanatthaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi.