Yathā ca suvaco, evaṃ mudu assa. Mudūti gahaṭṭhehi dūtagamanapahiṇa- gamanādīsu niyuñjamāno tattha mudubhāvaṃ akatvā thaddho hutvā vattapaṭipattiyaṃ sakalabrahmacariye ca mudu assa suparikammakataṃ suvaṇṇaṃ viya tattha tattha viniyogakkhamo. Athavā mudūti abhākuṭiko uttānamukho sukhasambhāso paṭisanthāravutti sutitthaṃ viya sukhāvagāho assa. Na kevalañca mudu, apica pana anatimānī assa, jātigottādīhi atimānavatthūhi pare nātimaññeyya, sāriputtatthero viya caṇḍālakumārakasamena cetasā vihareyyāti.

Dutiyagāthāvaṇṇanā

[2] Evaṃ bhagavā santaṃ padaṃ abhisamecca viharitukāmassa tadadhigamāya vā paṭipajjamānassa visesato āraññikassa bhikkhuno ekaccaṃ karaṇīyaṃ vatvā puna taduttarimpi vattukāmo "santussako cā"ti dutiyaṃ gāthamāha.