cā"ti evaṃ vuttaṃ puttamaṃsūpamovādaṃ sara anussara.

Sace dhāvati te cittanti ayoniso manasi karoto tava cittaṃ kāmesu pañca- kāmaguṇesu chandarāgavasena, kāmabhavādīsu bhavesu bhavapatthanāvasena sace dhāvati sarati javati. Khippaṃ niggaṇha satiyā, kiṭṭhādaṃ viya duppasunti tathā dhāvituṃ adento yathā nāma puriso kiṭṭhādaṃ sassakhādakaṃ duppasuṃ duṭṭhagoṇaṃ yottena thambhe bandhitvā attano vase vatteti, evaṃ satiyā satiyottena samādhithambhe bandhanto khippaṃ sīghameva niggaṇha, yathā kilesavigamena nibbisevanaṃ hoti, tathā damehīti. Keci pana "thero puthujjanova hutvā akkosaṃ adhivāsento tesaṃ manussānaṃ ariyaguṇe pakāsento dhammaṃ kathetvā pacchā dvīhi gāthāhi attānaṃ ovadanto vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhetvā arahattaṃ patvā aññaṃ byākaronto imāyeva gāthā abhāsī"ti vadanti.

Brahmadattattheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.