Idheva nindaṃ labhatīti idhalokepi dummano rāgādīhi dūsitacitto "dussīlo pāpa- dhammo"ti nindaṃ garahaṃ labhati. Pecca paralokepi apāye "purisattakali avajātā"ti- ādinā yamapurisādīhi ca nindaṃ labhati. Na kevalaṃ nindameva labhati, athakho sabbattha dummano bālo idhaloke duccaritacaraṇena dūsitacitto paraloke kammakāraṇādivasena dukkhuppattiyāti sabbattha bālo dummano hoti. Kathaṃ? sīlesu asamāhito sammā sīlesu na ṭhapitacitto appatiṭṭhitacitto.
Idheva kittiṃ labhatīti idhalokepi sumano "sappuriso sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo"ti kittiṃ labhati. Pecca paralokepi sagge "ayaṃ sappuriso sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo. Tathā hi devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapanno"tiādinā kittiṃ labhati. Na kevalaṃ kittimeva labhati, athakho dhīro dhitisampanno sīlesu suṭṭhu samāhito appitacitto supatiṭṭhitacitto sabbattha idhaloke sucaritacaraṇena paraloke sampattipaṭilābhena sumano somanassappatto hoti. Sīlameva idha agganti duvidhaṃ sīlaṃ lokiyaṃ lokuttaranti. Tattha lokiyaṃ tāva kāmaloke khattiyamahāsālādīsu devaloke brahmaloke ca upapattivisesaṃ āvahati, lābhībhāvādikassa ca kāraṇaṃ hoti. Lokuttaraṃ pana sakalampi vaṭṭadukkhaṃ atikkāmetīti sīlaṃ aggameva. Tathā hi vuttaṃ:-
"hīnena brahmacariyena khattiye upapajjati