handāhaṃ parinibbissaṃ vippamuttomhi sabbadhī"ti imā gāthā abhāsi.

Tatthāyaṃ anupubbapadavaṇṇanā:- imasmiṃ dīghamantareti yadā ahaṃ pabbajitomhi, tato paṭṭhāya ayañca me carimakālo, etasmiṃ dīghamantare kāle "idaṃ mayhaṃ hotū"ti abhijjhāvasena vā "ime sattā haññantū"tiādinā byāpādavasena vā anariyaṃ dosasaṃhitaṃ saṅkappaṃ nābhijānāmīti yojanā.

Mettañca abhijānāmīti mijjati siniyhati etāyāti mettā, abyāpādo. Mettā etissā atthīti mettā, mettābhāvanā mettābrahmavihāro, taṃ mettaṃ. Casaddena karaṇaṃ muditaṃ upekkhañcāti itarabrahmavihāre saṅgaṇhāti. Abhijānāmīti abhimukhato jānāmi. Adhigataṃ hi jhānaṃ paccavekkhato paccavekkhaṇañāṇassa abhimukhaṃ hoti. Kīdisanti āha "appamāṇan"tiādi. Taṃ hi yathā buddhena bhagavatā desitaṃ, tathā anodissakapharaṇavasena aparimāṇasattārammaṇatāya appamāṇaṃ. Paguṇabalavabhāvāpādanena suṭṭhu bhāvitattā subhāvitaṃ. Paṭhamaṃ mettā, tato karuṇā, tato muditā, pacchā upekkhāti evaṃ anupubbaṃ anukkamena paricitaṃ āsevitaṃ, bahulīkataṃ abhijānāmīti yojanā.

Sabbesaṃ sattānaṃ mitto, sabbe vā te mayhaṃ mittāti sabbamitto. Mettaṃ hi bhāvento sattānaṃ piyo hoti. Sabbasakhoti etthāpi eseva nayo. Sabbabhūtā- nukampakoti sabbasattānaṃ anuggaṇhanako. Mettācittañca bhāvemīti mettāya sahitaṃ sampayuttaṃ cittaṃ visesato bhāvemi vaḍḍhemi, pakāsemi vā akathentepi bhāvanāya