[57] "natthi nissaraṇaṃ loke kiṃ vivekena kāhasi

bhuñjāhi kāmaratiyo māhu pacchānutāpinī"ti gāthamāha.

Tassattho:- imasmiṃ loke sabbasamayesupi upaparikkhiyamānesu nissaraṇaṃ nibbānaṃ nāma natthi tesaṃ tesaṃ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ chandaso paṭiññāyamānaṃ vohāramattamevetaṃ, tasmā kiṃ vivekena kāhasi evarūpe sampannapaṭhamavaye ṭhitā iminā kāyavivekena kiṃ karissasi. Athakho bhuñjāhi kāmaratiyo vatthukāmakilesakāmasannissitā khiḍḍāratiyo paccanubhohi. Kasmā 4-? māhu pacchānutāpinī "yadatthaṃ brahmacariyaṃ carāmi, tadeva nibbānaṃ natthi, tenevetaṃ nādhigataṃ, kāmabhogā ca parihīnā, anattho vata mayhan"ti pacchā vippaṭisārinī mā ahosīti adhippāyo.

Taṃ sutvā therī "bālo vatāyaṃ māro, yo mama paccakkhabhūtaṃ nibbānaṃ paṭikkhipati. Kāmesu ca maṃ pavāreti, mama khīṇāsavabhāvaṃ na jānāti, handa naṃ taṃ jānāpetvā tajjessāmī"ti cintetvā:-