Tassāhaṃ dhammamaññāyāti tassā satthu desanāya dhammaṃ jānitvā yathānusiṭṭhaṃ paṭipajjanto vihāsiṃ sikkhattayasaṅgahe sāsane rato abhirato hutvāti attho.
Satthārā attano samāgamaṃ tena sādhitamatthaṃ dassetvā idāni attano pabbajitakālato paṭṭhāya āraddhaviriyataṃ, kāye anapekkhatāya seyyasukhapassasukhānaṃ pariccāgaṃ appamiddhakālato paṭṭhāya āraddhaviriyatañca dassento "pañcapaññāsavassānī"ti gāthamāha. Tattha yato nesajjiko ahanti yato paṭṭhāya "yogānukūlatā kammaṭṭhānapariyuṭṭhitasappurisacariyā sallekhavuttī"ti evamādiguṇe disvā nesajjiko ahosiṃ tāni pañcapaññāsa vassāni. Yato middhaṃ samūhatanti yato paṭṭhāya mayā niddā pariccattā tāni pañcavīsativassāni. "therassa pañcapaññāsāya vassesu nesajjikassa sato ādito pañcavīsativassāni niddā nāhosi, tato paraṃ sarīrakilamathena pacchimayāme niddā ahosī"ti vadanti.
"nāhu assāsapassāsā"tiādikā tisso gāthā satthu parinibbānakāle bhikkhūhi "kiṃ bhagavā parinibbuto"ti puṭṭho parinibbānabhāvaṃ pavedento āha. Tattha nāhu assāsapassāsā, ṭhitacittassa tādinoti anulomapaṭilomato anekākāravokārā sabbā samāpattiyo samāpajjitvā vuṭṭhāya sabbapacchā catutthajjhāne ṭhitacittassa tādino buddhassa bhagavato assāsapassāsā nāhu nāhesunti attho. Etena yasmā catutthajjhānaṃ samāpannassa kāyasaṅkhārā nirujjhanti, kāyasaṅkhārāti ca assāsapassāsā vuccanti, tasmā catutthajjhānakkhaṇato paṭṭhāya assāsapassāsā nāhesunti dasseti. Taṇhāsaṅkhātāya ejāya abhāvato anejo, samādhismiṃ ṭhitattā vā anejo. Santimārabbhāti anupādisesaṃ nibbānaṃ ārabbha paṭicca sandhāya. Cakkhumāti pañcahi cakkhūhi cakkhumā. Parinibbutoti parinibbāyi. Ayaṃ hettha attho:- nibbānārammaṇa- catutthajjhānaphalasamāpattiṃ samāpajjitvā tadanantarameva anupādisesāya nibbānadhātuyā parinibbutoti.