Yasmā ca pana niyyānikapaṭipadāya etaṃ nāmaṃ tasmāyeva naṃ bhagavā apaṇṇakapaṭipadaṃ dassento imaṃ suttamāha tīhi bhikkhave dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu apaṇṇakapaṭipadaṃ paṭipanno hoti viriyo cassa āraddho hoti āsavānaṃ khayāya katamehi tīhi idha bhikkhave bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti bhojane mattaññū hoti jāgariyamanuyutto hoti. Kathañca bhikkhave bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti. Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā na nimittaggāhī hoti .pe. Evaṃ kho bhikkhave bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti. Kathañca bhikkhave bhikkhu bhojane mattaññū hoti. Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu paṭisaṅkhā yoniso āhāraṃ āhāreti neva davāya na madāya na maṇḍanāya na vibhūsanāya yāvadeva imassa kāyassa Ṭhitiyā yāpanāya vihiṃsuparatiyā brahmacariyānuggahāya iti purāṇañca vedanaṃ paṭihaṅkhāmi navañca vedanaṃ na uppādessāmi yātrā ca me bhavissati anavajjatā ca phāsuvihāro cāti. Evaṃ kho bhikkhave bhikkhu bhojane mattaññū hoti. Kathañca bhikkhave bhikkhu jāgariyamanuyutto hoti. Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu divasaṃ caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṃ parisodheti rattiyā paṭhamaṃ yāmaṃ caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṃ parisodheti rattiyā majjhimaṃ yāmaṃ dakkhiṇena passena sīhaseyyaṃ kappeti pādena pādaṃ accādhāya sato sampajāno uṭṭhānasaññaṃ manasikaritvā rattiyā pacchimaṃ yāmaṃ paccuṭṭhāya caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṃ parisodheti. Evaṃ kho bhikkhave bhikkhu jāgariyamanuyutto hotīti. Imasmiñca sutte tayo dhammā vuttā. Ayaṃ apaṇṇakapaṭipadā yāva arahattaphalā labbhateva. Tattha arahattaphalaṃpi phalasamāpattivihārassa ceva anupādāparinibbānassa ca paṭipadāyeva nāma hoti. Eketi ekacce paṇḍitamanussā. Tattha kiñcāpi asuko nāmāti niyamo natthi. Idaṃ pana saparisaṃ bodhisattaṃyeva sandhāya vuttanti veditabbaṃ.
Dutiyaṃ āhu takkikāti dutiyanti paṭhamaapaṇṇakaṭṭhānato niyyānikakāraṇato dutiyaṃ takkagāhakāraṇaṃ aniyyānikakāraṇaṃ. Āhu takkikāti ettha pana saddhiṃ purimapadena ayaṃ yojanā apaṇṇakaṭṭhānaṃ ekantikakāraṇaṃ aviruddhakāraṇaṃ niyyānikakāraṇaṃ eke bodhisattappamukhā paṇḍitamanussā gaṇhiṃsu ye pana te bālasatthavāhaputtappamukhā Takkikā āhu te dutiyaṃ sāparādhaṃ anekaṃsikaṭṭhānaṃ viruddhakāraṇaṃ aniyyānikakāraṇaṃ aggahesuṃ tesu ye apaṇṇakaṭṭhānaṃ aggahesuṃ te sukkapaṭipadaṃ paṭipannā ye dutiyaṃ purato bhavitabbaṃ udakenāti takkagāhasaṅkhātaṃ aniyyānikakāraṇaṃ aggahesuṃ te kaṇhapaṭipadaṃ paṭipannā tattha sukkapaṭipadā aparihānipaṭipadā kaṇhapaṭipadā parihānipaṭipadā tasmā ye sukkapaṭipadaṃ paṭipannā te aparihīnā sotthibhāvaṃ pattā ye pana kaṇhapaṭipadaṃ paṭipannā te parihīnā anayabyasanaṃ āpannāti imamatthaṃ bhagavā anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatino vatvā uttariṃ idamāha etadaññāya medhāvī taṃ gaṇhe yadapaṇṇakanti. Tattha etadaññāya medhāvīti medhāti laddhanāmāya visuddhāya uttamāya paññāya samannāgato kulaputto etaṃ apaṇṇake ceva sapaṇṇake cāti dvīsu apaṇṇaka- gāhatakkagāhasaṅkhātesu ṭhānesu guṇadosaṃ vuḍḍhihāniṃ atathānatthaṃ ṭhānāṭhānañca ñatvāti attho. Taṃ gaṇhe yadapaṇṇakanti yaṃ apaṇṇakaṃ ekaṃsikaṃ sukkapaṭipadāaparihāniyapaṭipadāsaṅkhātaṃ niyyānikakāraṇaṃ tadeva gaṇheyya. Kasmā. Ekaṃsikādibhāvatoyeva. Itaraṃ pana na gaṇheyya. Kasmā . anekaṃsikādibhāvatoyeva. Ayañhi apaṇṇakapaṭipadā nāma sabbesaṃ buddhapaccekabuddhabuddhaputtānaṃ paṭipadāti. Sabbe pana buddhā apaṇṇakapaṭipadāyeva ṭhatvā daḷhena viriyena pāramiyo pūretvā bodhitale buddhā nāma honti. Paccekabuddhāpi paccekabodhiṃ uppādenti. Buddhaputtāpi sāvakapāramiñāṇaṃ paṭibujjhanti.