Na vissaseti gāthā devadattaṃ saddahitvā tassa diṭṭhiṃ rocetvā ṭhite vajjiputtake ārabbha vuttā. Tattha na vissaseti vissaṭṭho na bhaveyya, na saddaheyyāti attho. Ekatiyesūti ekaccesu anavaṭṭhitasabhāvesu puthujjanesu. Evanti yathā tumhe "devadatto sammā paṭipanno"ti vissāsaṃ āpajjittha, evaṃ. Agārisūti gahaṭṭhesu. Sādhūpi hutvānāti yasmā puthujjanabhāvo nāma assapiṭṭhe ṭhapitakumbhaṇḍaṃ viya thusarāsimhi nikhātakhāṇukaṃ viya ca anavaṭṭhito, tasmā ekacce ādito sādhū hutvā ṭhitāpi pacchā asādhū honti. Yathā devadatto pubbe sīlasampanno abhiññāsamāpattilābhī hutvā lābhasakkārapakato idāni parihīnaviseso chinnapakkhakāko viya āpāyiko

Ekacce pana kalyāṇamittasaṃsaggābhāvena ādito asādhū hutvāpi pacchā kalyāṇasaṃsaggena sādhū hontiyeva, tasmā devadattasadise sādhupaṭirūpe "sādhū"ti na vissāseyyāti attho.

Yesaṃ kāmacchandādayo cittupakkilesā avigatā, te asādhū. Yesaṃ te vigatā, te sādhūti dassetuṃ "kāmacchando"ti gāthaṃ vatvā asādhāraṇato ukkaṃsagataṃ sādhulakkhaṇaṃ dassetuṃ "yassa sakkariyamānassā"tiādinā gāthādvayaṃ vuttaṃ.

Asādhāraṇato pana ukkaṃsagataṃ taṃ dassetuṃ satthāraṃ attānañca udāharanto "mahāsamuddo"tiādikā gāthā abhāsi. Tattha mahāsamuddoti ayaṃ mahāsamuddo mahāpaṭhavī selo pabbato puratthimādibhedato anilo ca attoo naacetanābhāvena iṭṭhāniṭṭhaṃ sahanti, na paṭisaṅkhānabalena, satthā pana yassā arahattu ppattiyā vasena uttame tādibhāve ṭhito iṭṭhādīsu sabbattha samo nibbikāro, tassā satthu varavimuttiyā aggaphalavimuttiyā te mahāsamuddādayo upamāya upamābhāvena na yuñjanti kalabhāgampi na upentīti attho.