sukhassānantaraṃ dukkhaṃ dukkhassānantaraṃ sukhaṃ

sosi patto sukhadukkhaṃ pāṭikaṅkha varaṃ sukhanti.

Tattha sukhassānantaranti kāmasukhassa anantaraṃ nirayadukkhaṃ. Dukkhassāti sīlarakkhaṇadukkhassa anantaraṃ dibbamānusakasukhañceva Nibbānasukhañca. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti nārada ime sattā kāmasevana- samayena kālaṃ karitvā ekantadukkhe niraye nibbattanti. Sīlaṃ rakkhantā vipassanāya kammaṃ karontā ca pana kilamanti te dukkhena sīlaṃ rakkhitvā sīlaphalena vuttappakāraṃ sukhaṃ paṭilabhanti idaṃ sandhāyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmīti. Sosi pattoti so tvaṃ nārada idāni jhānasukhaṃ nāsetvā tato sukhā mahantaṃ kāmanissitaṃ cetasikadukkhaṃ patto. Pāṭikaṅkhāti idaṃ kilesadukkhaṃ chaḍḍetvā puna tadeva varaṃ uttamaṃ jhānasukhaṃ iccha patthehīti.

Nārado idaṃ ācariya dukkhaṃ nāhantaṃ adhivāsetuṃ sakkomīti āha. Atha naṃ mahāsatto nārada dukkhaṃ nāma uppannaṃ adhivāse- tabbamevāti vatvā tatiyaṃ gāthamāha