Athekadivasaṃ āyasmā ānando aññatarena rājamahāmattena nimantito pubbaṇhasamayaṃ tassa gehaṃ gantvā paññatte āsane nisīdi āyasmatā vaṅgīsena pacchāsamaṇena. Atha tasmiṃ gehe itthiyo sabbālaṅkārapaṭimaṇḍitā theraṃ upasaṅkamitvā vanditvā pañhaṃ pucchanti, dhammaṃ suṇanti. Athāyasmato vaṅgīsassa navapabbajitassa ārammaṇaṃ pariggahetuṃ asakkontassa visabhāgārammaṇe rāgo uppajji. So saddho ujujātiko kulaputto "ayaṃ me rāgo vaḍḍhitvā diṭṭhadhammikaṃ samparāyikampi atthaṃ

Tattha yadipi kilesarajjanapariḷāho kāyampi bādhati, cittaṃ pana bādhento cirataraṃ bādhetīti dassetuṃ "kāmarāgena ḍayhāmī"ti vatvā "cittaṃ me pariḍayhatī"ti vuttaṃ. Nibbāpananti rāganibbāpanakāraṇaṃ rāgapariḷāhassa nibbāpanasamatthaṃ ovādaṃ karotīti attho.

Saññāya vipariyesātiādikā gāthā tena yācitena āyasmatā ānandena vuttā. Vipariyesāti vipallāsena usabhe subhanti pavattena viparītaggāhena. Nimittanti kilesajanakanimittaṃ. Parivajjehīti pariccaja. Subhaṃ rāgūpasañhitanti rāgavaḍḍhanārammaṇaṃ subhaṃ parivajjento asubhasaññāya parivajjeyya, sabbattha anabhiratisaññāya. Tasmā tadubhayampi dassento "asubhāyā"tiādimāha.

Tattha asubhāyāti asubhānupassanāya. Cittaṃ bhāvehi ekaggaṃ susamāhitanti attano cittavikkhepābhāvena ekaggaṃ ārammaṇesu susamāhitaṃ appitaṃ katvā bhāvehi tava asubhānupassanaṃ sukaraṃ akkhāmīti. Sati kāyagatā tyatthūti vuttakāyagatāsatibhāvanāya tayā bhāvitā bahulīkatā hotūti attho. Nibbidābahulo bhavāti attabhāve sabbasmiñca nibbedabahulo hohi.