Monenāti kāmaṃ hi moneyyapaṭipadāsaṅkhātena maggañāṇamonena muni nāma hoti, idha pana tuṇhībhāvaṃ sandhāya "na monenā"ti vuttaṃ. Mūḷharūpoti tuccharūPo. Aviddasūti aviññū. Evarūpo hi tuṇhībhūtopi muni nāma na hoti. Atha vā moneyyamuni nāma na hoti, tucchabhāvo ca pana añāṇīva hotīti attho. Yo ca tulaṃva paggayhāti yathā hi tulaṃ gahetvā ṭhito atirekaṃ ce hoti, harati, ūnaṃ ce hoti, pakkhipati, evameva so atirekaṃ haranto viya pāpaṃ harati parivajjeti, ūnake pakkhipanto viya kusalaṃ paripūreti. Evañca pana karonto sīlasamādhipaññāvimuttivimuttiñāṇadassanasaṅkhātaṃ varaṃ uttamameva ādāya pāpāni akusalakammāni parivajjeti sa muni nāmāti attho. Tena so munīti kasmā pana so munīti ce? yaṃ heṭṭhā vuttakāraṇaṃ, tena so Munīti attho. Yo munāti ubho loketi yo puggalo imasmiṃ khandhādiloke tulaṃ āropetvā minanto viya "ime ajjhattikā khandhā, ime bāhirā"tiādinā nayena ime ubho atthe munāti. Muni tena pavuccatīti tena pana kāraṇena "munī"ti vuccatiyevāti attho.
Asatañcāti gāthāya ayaṃ saṅkhepattho:- yvāyaṃ akusalakusalappabhedo, asatañca satañca dhammo, taṃ "ajjhattabahiddhā"ti imasmiṃ sabbaloke pavicayañāṇena asatañca satañca ñatvā dhammaṃ. Tassa ñātattā eva, rāgādibhedato sattavidhaṃ saṅgaṃ taṇhādiṭṭhibhedato duvidhaṃ jālañca aticca atikkamitvā ṭhito, so tena monasaṅkhātena pavicayañāṇena samannāgatattā muni. Devamanussehi pūjitoti idaṃ panassa thutivacanaṃ. So hi khīṇāsavamunittā devamanussānaṃ pūjāraho hoti, tasmā evaṃ vuttoti.
Sallanti mūlapadaṃ. Satta sallānīti gaṇanaparicchedo. Rāgasallanti rañjanaṭṭhena rāgo ca pīḷājanakatāya antotudanatāya dunnīharaṇatāya sallañcāti rāgasallaṃ. Dosasallādīsupi eseva nayo. Abbūḷhasalloti mūlapadaṃ. Abbūhitasalloti nīhaṭasallo. Uddhaṭasalloti uddhaṃ hatasallo uddharitasallo. Samuddhaṭasalloti upasaggavasena vutto. Uppāṭitasalloti luñcitasallo. Samuppāṭitasalloti upasaggavasena.