Mettacittāti sabbasattesu hitūpasaṃhāralakkhaṇāya mettāya sampayuttacittā. Kāruṇikāti karuṇāya niyuttā paresaṃ dukkhāpanayanākāravuttiyā karuṇāya samannāgatā. Āraddhavīriyāti akusalānaṃ pahānāya kusalānaṃ upasampadāya paggahitaviriyā. Pahitattāti nibbānaṃ paṭipesitcittā. Niccanti sabbakālaṃ. Daḷhaparakkamāti thiraviriyā.

Pamādanti pamajjanaṃ kulasānaṃ dhammānaṃ ananuṭṭhānaṃ akusalesu ca dhammesu cittavossaggo. Vuttaṃ hi:-

"tattha katamo pamādo, kāyaduccarite vā vacīduccarite vā manoduccarite vā pañcasu vā kāmaguṇesu cittassa vossaggo vossaggānuppadāna, kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ bhāvanāya asakkaccakiriyatā"tiādi.

Appamādanti appamajjanaṃ, so pamādassa paṭipakkhato veditabbo. Atthato hi appamādo nāma satiyā avippavāso, upaṭṭhitāya satiyā eva cetaṃ nāmaṃ. Ayaṃ hettha attho:- yasmā pamādamūlakā sabbe anatthā, appamādamūlakā ca sabbe atthā, tasmā pamādaṃ bhayato upaddavato disvā appamādañca khemato anupaddavato disvā appamādapaṭipattiyā sikhābhūtaṃ sīlādikkhandhattayasaṅgahaṃ sammā- diṭṭhiādīnaṃ aṭṭhannaṃ aṅgānaṃ vasena aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ ariyamaggaṃ bhāvetha, amataṃ nibbānaṃ phusantā sacchikarontā attano santāne uppādetha, dassanamaggamatte aṭṭhatvā upari tiṇṇaṃ maggānaṃ uppādanavasena vaḍḍhetha, evaṃ vo appamādabhāvanā sikhāpattā bhavissatīti.