Akusalo vipassako tasmiṃ obhāse uppanne "na ca vata me ito pubbe evarūpo obhāso uppannapubbo, addhā maggaṃ pattomhi, phalaṃ pattomhī"ti amaggaṃyeva "maggo"ti, aphalameva "phalan"ti gaṇhāti. Tassa amaggaṃ "maggo"ti, aphalaṃ "phalan"ti gaṇhato "vipassanāvīthi ukkantā hoti. So attano vipassanāvīthiṃ vissajjetvā vikkhepamāpanno vā obhāsameva taṇhādiṭṭhimaññanāhi maññamāno vā nisīdati. So kho panāyaṃ obhāso kassaci bhikkhuno pallaṅkaṭṭhānamattameva obhāsento uppajjati, kassaci antogabbhaṃ, kassaci bahigabbhampi, kassaci sakalavihāraṃ, gāvutaṃ aḍḍhayojanaṃ yojanaṃ dviyojanaṃ .pe. Kassaci paṭhavītalato yāva akaniṭṭhabrahmalokā ekālokaṃ kurumāno. Bhagavato pana dasasahassilokadhātuṃ obhāsento udapādi. Ayaṃ hi obhāso caturaṅgasamannāgatepi andhakāre taṃ taṃ ṭhānaṃ obhāsento uppajjati.

Obhāso dhammoti obhāsaṃ āvajjatīti ayaṃ obhāso maggadhammo phaladhammoti vā taṃ taṃ obhāsaṃ manasi karoti. Tato vikkhepo uddhaccanti tato obhāsato dhammoti āvajjanakaraṇato vā yo uppajjati vikkhepo, so uddhaccaṃ nāmāti attho. Tena uddhaccena viggahitamānasoti tena evaṃ uppajjamānena uddhaccena virodhitacitto, tena vā uddhaccena kāraṇabhūtena tammūlakakilesuppattiyā virodhitacitto vipassako vipassanāvīthiṃ okkamitvā vikkhepaṃ vā tammūlakakilesesu vā ṭhitattā aniccato dukkhato anattato upaṭṭhānāni yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti. "tena vuccati dhammuddhaccaviggahitamānaso"ti evaṃ itisaddo yojetabbo. Hoti so samayoti evaṃ assādavasena upakkiliṭṭhacittassāpi yogino sace upaparikkhā uppajjati, so evaṃ pajānāti:- vipassanā nāma saṅkhārārammaṇā, maggaphalāni nibbānārammaṇāni, imāni ca cittāni saṅkhārārammaṇāni, tasmā nāyamobhāso Maggo, udayabbayānupassanāyeva nibbānassa lokiko maggoti maggāmaggaṃ vavatthapetvā taṃ vikkhepaṃ parivajjayitvā udayabbayānupassanāya ṭhatvā sādhukaṃ saṅkhāre aniccato dukkhato anattato vipassati. Evaṃ uparikkhantassa so samayo hoti. Evaṃ apassanto pana "maggaphalappattomhī"ti adhimāniko hoti.