@3 khu.su. 25/42/343, khu.cūḷa. 30/689/345 (syā) 4 cha.Ma. tato "maṅgalan"ti vuttā. Āha ca "dveme bhikkhave puggalā dullabhā lokasmiṃ. Katame dve, yo ca pubbakārī, yo ca kataññū katavedī"ti

kālena dhammassavanaṃ nāma yasmiṃ kāle uddhaccasahagataṃ cittaṃ hoti, kāmavitakkādīnaṃ vā aññatarena abhibhūtaṃ, tasmiṃ kāle tesaṃ vinodanatthaṃ dhammassavanaṃ. Apare āhu:- pañcame divase dhammassavanaṃ kākena dhammassavanaṃ nāma. Yathāha āyasmā anuruddho "pañcāhikaṃ kho pana mayaṃ bhante sabbarattiṃ dhammiyā kathāya sannisīdāmā"ti.

Apica yasmiṃ kāle kalyāṇamitte upasaṅkamitvā sakkā hoti attano kaṅkhāpaṭivinodakaṃ dhammaṃ sotuṃ, tasmiṃ kālepi dhammassavanaṃ "kālena dhammassavanan"ti veditabbaṃ. Yathāha "te kālena kālaṃ upasaṅkamitvā paripucchati paripañhatī"tiādi. Tadetaṃ kālena dhammassavanaṃ nīvaraṇappahānacaturānisaṃsaāsavakkhayādhigamanādinānappakāra- visesādhigamahetuto "maṅgalan"ti veditabbaṃ. Vuttañhetaṃ bhagavatā :-