[835] Ete vivādā samaṇesūti ettha pana samaṇā vuccanti bāhiraparibbājakā. Etesu ugghāti nighāti hotīti etesu vādesu jayaparājayādivasena cittassa ugghātaṃ nighātañca pāpuṇanto ugghātī nighātī ca hotīti. Virame kathojjanti pajaheyya kalahaṃ. Na haññadatthatthi pasaṃsalābhāti na hi ettha pasaṃsalābhato añño attho atthi.

[836-7] Chaṭṭhagāthāyattho:- yasmā ca na haññadatthatthi pasaṃsalābhā, tasmā paramaṃ lābhaṃ labhantopi "sundaro ayan"ti tattha diṭṭhiyā pasaṃsito vā pana hoti taṃ vādaṃ parisāya majjhe dīpetvā, tato so tena jayatthena tuṭṭhiṃ vā dantavidaṃsakaṃ vā āpajjanto hasati, mānena ca uṇṇamati. Kiṃkāraṇaṃ? yasmā taṃ jayatthaṃ pappuyya yathāmano jāto, evaṃ uṇṇamato ca yā uṇṇatīti

Tattha mānātimānaṃ vadate panesoti eso pana taṃ uṇṇatiṃ "vighātabhūmī"ti abujjhamāno mānañca atimānañca vadatiyeva.

[838] Evaṃ vāde dosaṃ dassetvā idāni tassa vādaṃ asampaṭicchanto "sūro"ti gāthamāha. Tattha rājakhādāyāti rājakhādanīyena, bhattavetanenāti vuttaṃ hoti. Abhigajjameti paṭisūramicchanti yathā so paṭisūraṃ icchanto abhigajjanto eti, evaṃ diṭṭhigatiko diṭṭhigatikanti dasseti. Yeneva so, tena palehīti yena so tuyhaṃ paṭisūro, tena gaccha. Pubbeva natthi yadidaṃ yudhāyāti yaṃ pana idaṃ kilesajātaṃ yuddhāya siyā, taṃ etaṃ pubbeva natthi, bodhimūleyeva pahīnanti dasseti. Sesagāthā pākaṭasambandhāyeva.