Atthi agocaroti kiñcāpi thero samaṇācāraṃ samaṇagocaraṃ kathetukāmo "atthi agocaro, atthi gocaro"ti padaṃ uddhari, yathā pana maggakusalo puriso maggaṃ ācikkhanto

Purisena hi ācikkhitamaggo sampajjeyya vā na vā, tathāgatena ācikkhitamaggo apaṇṇako indavissaṭṭhaṃ vajiraṃ viya avirajjhanako nibbānanagaraṃyeva samosarati. Tena vuttaṃ "puriso maggakusaloti kho tissa tathāgatassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ arahato sammāsambuddhassā"ti.

Yasmā vā sasīsaṃ nhānena pahīnasedamalajallikassa purisassa mālāgandha- vilepanādivibhūsanavidhānaṃ viya pahīnapāpadhammassa kalyāṇadhammasamāyogo sampannarūpo hoti, tasmā sedamalajallikaṃ viya pahātabbaṃ paṭhamaṃ agocaraṃ ācikkhitvā pahīnasedamalajallikassa mālāgandhavilepanādivibhūsanavidhānaṃ viya pacchā gocaraṃ ācikkhitukāmopi "katamo agocaro"tiādimāha.

Tattha gocaroti piṇḍapātādīnaṃ atthāya upasaṅkamituṃ yuttaṭṭhānaṃ. Ayuttaṭṭhānaṃ agocaro. Vesiyā gocaro assāti vesiyāgocaro, mittasanthavavasena upasaṅkamitabbaṭṭhānanti attho. Tattha vesiyā nāma rūpūpajīviniyo yena kenacideva sulabhajjhācāratā mittasanthavasinehavasena upasaṅkamanto vesiyāgocaro nāma hoti. Tasmā evaṃ upasaṅkamituṃ na vaṭṭati. Kiṃkāraṇā? ārakkhavipattito. Evaṃ Upasaṅkamantassa hi cirarakkhitagopitopi samaṇadhammo katipāheneva nassati. Sacepi na nassati, garahaṃ labhati. Dakkhiṇāvasena pana upasaṅkamantena satiṃ upaṭṭhapetvā upasaṅkamitabbaṃ.