Yadi panetāni tassa tassa jhānassa upacārakkhaṇeyeva pahīyanti, atha kasmā "kattha cuppannaṃ dukkhindriyaṃ aparisesaṃ nirujjhati? idha bhikkhave bhikkhu vivicceva

Paṭhamajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. Ettha cuppannaṃ dukkhindriyaṃ nirujjhati, kattha cuppannaṃ domanassindriyaṃ. Sukhindriyaṃ somanassindriyaṃ aparisesaṃ nirujjhati. Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu sukhassa ca pahānā .pe. Catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. Ettha cuppannaṃ somanassatindriyaṃ aparisesaṃ nirujjhatī"ti evaṃ jhānesveva nirodho vuttoti? atisayanirodhattā. Atisayanirodho hi tesaṃ paṭhamaj- jhānādīsu, na nirodhoyeva pana upacārakkhaṇe, nātisayanirodho. Tathā hi nānāvajjanena paṭhamajjhānūpacāre niruddhassāpi dukkhindriyassa ḍaṃsamakasādisamphassena vā visamāsanūpatāpena vā siyā uppatti, na tveva anto appanāyaṃ. Upacāre vā niruddhampetaṃ na suṭṭhu niruddhaṃ hoti paṭipakkhena avihatattā. Antoappanāyaṃ pana pītipharaṇena sabbo kāyo sukhokkanto hoti, sukhokkantakāyassa ca suṭṭhu niruddhaṃ hoti dukkhindriyaṃ paṭipakkhena vihatattā nānāvajjaneyeva ca dutiyajjhānūpacāre pahīnassāpi domanassindriyassa yasmā etaṃ vitakkavicārappaccayepi kāyakilamathe cittūpaghāte ca sati uppajjati, vitakkavicārābhāveneva uppajjati. Yattha pana uppajjati, tattha vitakkavicārabhāve. Appahīnāyeva ca dutiyajjhānūpacāre vitakkavicārāti. Tatthassa siyā uppatti, na tveva dutiyajjhāne pahīnappaccayattā. Tathā tatiyajjhānūpacāre pahīnassāpi sukhindriyassa pītisamuṭṭhānapaṇītarūpaphuṭṭhakāyassa siyā uppatti, natveva tatiyajjhāne. Tatiyajjhāne hi sukhassa paccayabhūtā pīti sabbaso niruddhā hoti. Tathā catutthajjhānūpacārena pahīnassāpi somanassindriyassa āsannattā, appanāppattāya upekkhāya abhāvena sammā anatikkantattā ca siyā uppatti, natveva catutthajjhāne. Tasmā evaṃ ca "etthuppannaṃ dukkhindriyaṃ aparisesaṃ nirujjhatī"ti. Tattha tattha aparisesaggahaṇaṃ katanti.