Mā pamādamanuyuñjetha, mā kāmaratisanthavaṃ;

appamatto hi jhāyanto pappoti vipulaṃ sukhanti.

Tattha bālāti: bālyena samannāgatā idhalokaparalokatthaṃ ajānantā. Dummedhinoti: nippaññā. Te pamāde ādīnavaṃ apassantā pamādaṃ anuyuñjanti [1]- pamādena kālaṃ vītināmenti. Medhāvīti: dhammojapaññāya samannāgato pana paṇḍito kulavaṃsānugataṃ seṭṭhaṃ uttamaṃ sattaratanadhanaṃ viya appamādaṃ rakkhati: yathā hi "uttamaṃ dhanaṃ nissāya kāmaguṇasampattiṃ pāpuṇissāma [2]- paralokagamanamaggaṃ sodhessāmāti dhane ānisaṃsaṃ passantā taṃ rakkhanti; evaṃ paṇḍitopi "appamatto paṭhamajjhānādīni paṭilabhati maggaphalādīni pāpuṇāti tisso vijjā cha abhiññā sampādetīti appamāde ānisaṃsaṃ passanto dhanaṃ seṭṭhaṃ viya appamādaṃ rakkhatīti attho. Mā pamādanti: tasmā tumhe mā pamādamanuyuñjetha mā pamādena kālaṃ vītināmayittha. Mā kāmaratisanthavanti: vatthukāmakilesakāmesu ratisaṅkhātaṃ taṇhāsanthavaṃpi mā anuyuñjetha mā cintayittha mā paṭilabhittha. Appamatto hīti: upaṭṭhitasatitāya hi appamatto jhāyanto puggalo vipulaṃ oḷāraṃ nibbānasukhaṃ pāpuṇātīti.