[386-7] Evaṃ nānappakārehi bhagavantaṃ pasaṃsitvā idāni dhammeneva taṃ pasaṃsitvā dhammakathaṃ yācanto "ayañhi dhammo"ti gāthādvayamāha. Tattha ayañhi dhammoti sattattiṃsabodhipakkhiyadhammaṃ sandhāyāha. Nipuṇoti saṇho duppaṭivijjho. Sukhoti paṭividdho samāno lokuttarasukhaṃ āvahati, tasmā sukhāvahattā "sukho"ti vuccati. Suppavuttoti sudesito. Sussūsamānāti sotukāmamhāti attho. Taṃ no vadāti taṃ dhammaṃ amhākaṃ vada. "tvaṃ no"tipi pāṭho, tvaṃ amhākaṃ vadāti attho. Sabbepime bhikkhavoti taṃkhaṇaṃ nisinnāni kira pañcabhikkhusatāni honti, tāni dassento yācati. Upāsakā cāpīti attano parivāre aññe ca dasseti. Sesamettha pākaṭameva.

[388] Atha bhagavā anagāriyapaṭipadaṃ tāva dassetuṃ bhikkhū āmantetvā "suṇātha me bhikkhavo"tiādimāha. Tattha dhammaṃ dhutaṃ tañca caratha sabbeti kilese dhunātīti dhuto, evarūpaṃ kilesadhunanakaṃ paṭipadādhammaṃ sāvayāmi vo, tañca mayā sāvitaṃ sabbe caratha paṭipajjatha, mā pamāditthāti vuttaṃ hoti. Iriyāpathanti gamanādi catubbidhaṃ. Pabbajitānulomikanti samaṇasāruppaṃ satisampajaññayuttaṃ. Araññe kammaṭṭhānānuyogavasena pavattamevāti apare. Sevetha nanti taṃ iriyāpathaṃ

Atthadasoti hitānupasSī. Matīmāti buddhimā. Sesamettha gāthāya pākaṭameva.

[389] No ve vikāleti evaṃ pabbajitānulomikaṃ iriyāpathaṃ sevamāno ca divāmajjhantikavītikkamaṃ upādāya vikāle na careyya bhikkhu, yuttakāle eva pana gāmaṃ piṇḍāya careyya. Kiṃkāraṇaṃ? akālacāriṃ hi sajanti saṅgāti, akālacāriṃ puggalaṃ rāgasaṅgādayo aneke saṅgā sajanti parissajanti upaguhanti allīyanti. Tasmā vikāle na caranti buddhā, tasmā ye catusaccabuddhā ariyapuggalā, na te vikāle piṇḍāya carantīti. Tena kira samayena vikālabhojanasikkhāpadaṃ appaññattaṃ hoti, tasmā dhammadesanāvasena cettha puthujjanānaṃ ādīnavaṃ dassento imaṃ gāthamāha. Ariyā pana saha maggapaṭilābhā eva tato paṭiviratā honti, esā dhammatā.