"taṃ kiṃ maññatha bhikkhave, katamaṃ nu kho dukkarataraṃ vā durabhisambhavataraṃ

vā, yaṃ sattadhā bhinnassa vālassa koṭiyā koṭiṃ paṭivijjheyyā"tiādi.

Attānanti niyakajjhattaṃ sandhāya vadati. Yo hi paro na hoti so attāti. Uddhātunti uddharituṃ, "uddhaṭan"tipi pāṭho. Udakāti saṃsāramahoghasaṅkhātā udakā. Thalanti nibbānathalaṃ. Vuyhamāno mahoghevāti mahaṇṇave vuyhamāno viya. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti:- yathā nāma gambhīravitthate appatiṭṭhe mahati udakoghe vegasā vuyhamāno puriso kenaci atthakāmena upanītaṃ phiyārittasampannaṃ daḷhanāvaṃ labhitvā sukheneva tato attānaṃ uddharituṃ sakkuṇeyya pāraṃ pāpuṇeyya, evamevāhaṃ saṃsāramahoghe kilesābhisaṅkhāravegena vuyhamāno satthārā upanītaṃ samathavipassanupetaṃ ariyamagganāvaṃ labhitvā tato attānaṃ uddharituṃ nibbānathalaṃ pattuṃ aho asakkhinti. Yathā pana

Yasmā ahaṃ dukkhādīni cattāri ariyasaccāni pariññāpahānasacchikiriyābhāvanāpaṭivedhena paṭivijjhiṃ ariyamaggañāṇena aññāsiṃ, tasmā asakkhiṃ vata attānaṃ uddhātuṃ udakā thalanti yojanā.