Arahattaṃ pana patvā vimuttisukhena sāvatthiyaṃ viharantī ekadivasaṃ divāvihāratthāya andhavanaṃ pavisitvā aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle nisīdi. Atha naṃ māro vivekato vicchedetu- kāmo adissamānarūpo upagantvā ākāse ṭhatvā:-

[60] "yantaṃ isīhi pattabbaṃ ṭhānaṃ durabhisambhavaṃ

na taṃ dvaṅgulapaññāya sakkā pappotumitthiyā"ti imaṃ gāthamāha.

Tassattho:- sīlakkhandhādīnaṃ esanaṭṭhena "isī"ti laddhanāmehi buddhādīhi mahā- paññehi pattabbaṃ, taṃ aññehi pana durabhisambhavaṃ dunnipphādanīyaṃ. Yaṃ taṃ arahatta- saṅkhātaṃ paramassāsaṭṭhānaṃ, na taṃ dvaṅgulapaññāya nihīnapaññāya itthiyā pāpuṇituṃ sakkā. Itthiyo hi sattaṭṭhavassakālato paṭṭhāya sabbakālaṃ odanaṃ paccantiyo