ahaṃ monena monissaṃ gaṅgāsotova sāgaran"ti gāthādvayaṃ abhāsi.

Tattha yaṃ kiccaṃ daḷhavīriyenāti daḷhena viriyena thirena parakkamena, daḷhaviriyena vā purisadhorayhena yaṃ kiccaṃ kātabbaṃ paṭipajjitabbaṃ. Yaṃ kiccaṃ boddhumicchatāti cattāri ariyasaccāni nibbānameva vā boddhuṃ bujjhituṃ icchantena paṭivijjhitukāmena yaṃ kiccaṃ karaṇīyaṃ. Karissaṃ nāvarajjhissanti tamahaṃ dāni karissaṃ na virādhessaṃ, yathānusiṭṭhaṃ paṭipajjissāmi. Passa vīriyaṃ parakkamanti yathā paṭipajjamāne dhamme vidhinā īraṇato "vīriyaṃ", paraṃ paraṃ ṭhānaṃ akkamanato "parakkamo"ti ca laddhanāmaṃ sammāvāyāmaṃ passa na saddhamevāti attano kattukāmataṃ dasseti.

Tavañcāti kammaṭṭhānadāyakaṃ kalyāṇamittaṃ ālapati. Meti mayhaṃ. Maggamakkhāhīti ariyamaggaṃ kathehi, lokuttaramaggasampāpakaṃ catusaccakammaṭṭhānaṃ kathehīti attho. Añjasanti ujukaṃ majjhimapaṭipadābhāvena antadvayassa anupagamanato. Amate nibbāne sampāpakabhāvena patiṭṭhitattā amatogadhaṃ. Monenāti ñāṇena maggapaññāya. Monissanti jānissaṃ nibbānaṃ paṭivijjhissaṃ pāpuṇissaṃ. Gaṅgāsotova sāgaranti yathā gaṅgāya soto sāgaraṃ samuddaṃ avirajjhanto ekaṃsato ogāhati, evaṃ "ahaṃ kammaṭṭhānaṃ anuyuñjanto maggañāṇena nibbānaṃ adhigamissāmi, tasmā taṃ kammaṭṭhānaṃ me ācikkhathā"ti theraṃ kammaṭṭhānaṃ yāci.

Taṃ sutvā veṇudattatthero tassa kammaṭṭhānaṃ adāsi. Sopi kammaṭṭhānaṃ anuyuñjanto na cirasseva vipassanaṃ ussukkāpetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tena vuttaṃ