maggo na nibbānagamo yathā ayaṃ
itissu saṃghaṃ bhagavānusāsati
satthā sayaṃ pāṇitaleva dassayan"ti gāthaṃ abhāsi.
Tattha ito bahiddhāti imasmā buddhasāsanā bāhirake samaye, tenāha "puthuaññavādinan"ti, nānātitthiyānanti attho. Maggo na nibbānagamo yathā ayanti yathā ayaṃ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo ekaṃsena nibbānaṃ gacchatīti nibbānagamo, nibbānagāmī, evaṃ nibbānagamo maggo titthiyasamaye natthi asammāsambuddhap- paveditattā aññatitthiyavādassa. Tenāha bhagavā:-