manussesu ca devesu sīlapaññāṇato jayan"ti gāthaṃ abhāsi.

Tattha sīlanti sīlanaṭṭhena sīlaṃ, patiṭṭhānaṭṭhena samādhānaṭṭhena cāti attho. Sīlaṃ hi sabbaguṇānaṃ patiṭṭhā, tenāha "sīle patiṭṭhāya naro sapañño"ti. Samādahati ca taṃ kāyavācāavippakiṇṇaṃ karotīti attho. Tayidaṃ sīlameva aggaṃ sabbaguṇānaṃ

@3 saṃ.sagā. 15/23/16 jaṭāsutta Mūlabhāvato pamukhabhāvato ca. Yathāha "tasmātiha tvaṃ bhikkhu ādimeva visodhehi kusalesu dhammesu. Ko cādi kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ sīlañca suvisuddhan"ti, "pātimokkhanti mukhametaṃ pamukhametan"ti ca ādi. Idhāti nipātamattaṃ. Paññavāti ñāṇasampanno. So uttamo seṭṭho pavaroti puggalādhiṭṭhānāya gāthāya paññāyayeva seṭṭhabhāvaṃ dasseti. Paññuttarā hi kusalā dhammā. Idāni taṃ sīlapaññānaṃ aggaseṭṭhabhāvaṃ kāraṇato dasseti "manussesu ca devesu, sīlapaññāṇato jayan"ti ca. Sīlapaññāṇahetu paṭipakkhajayo kāmakilesajayo hotīti attho.