Agganti agge bhavaṃ. Seṭṭhanti ativiya pasaṃsanīyaṃ. Visiṭṭhanti atisayabhūtaṃ. Viseṭṭhantipi pāṭho, tidhāpi pasatthaṃ nibbānaṃ sammāpaṭipadāya paṭipajjitabbato padaṃ nāma. Yadidanti yaṃ idaṃ. Idāni vattabbaṃ nibbānaṃ nidasseti. Yasmā nibbānamāgamma sabbasaṅkhārānaṃ samatho hoti, khandhūpadhikilesūpadhiabhisaṅkhārūpadhi- kāmaguṇūpadhisaṅkhātānaṃ upadhīnaṃ paṭinissaggo hoti, taṇhānaṃ khayo virāgo nirodho ca hoti, tasmā sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhakkhayo virāgo nirodhoti vuccati. Nibbānanti sabhāvalakkhaṇena nigamitaṃ.
Lakkhaṇesu hi "tīṇimāni bhikkhave bālassa bālalakkhaṇāni bālanimittāni bālāpadānāni. Katamāni tīṇi, idha bhikkhave bālo duccintitacintī ca hoti dubbhāsitabhāsī ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca. Imāni kho bhikkhave tīṇi bālassa bālalakkhaṇāni bālanimittāni bālāpadānānī"ti vuttaṃ. Paṇḍitehi bālassa bāloti sallakkhaṇato tividhaṃ bālalakkhaṇaṃ. "tīṇimāni bhikkhave paṇḍitassa paṇḍitalakkhaṇāni paṇḍitanimittāni paṇḍitāpadānāni. Katamāni tīṇi, idha bhikkhave paṇḍito sucintitacintī ca hoti subhāsitabhāsī ca sukatakammakārī ca. Imāni kho bhikkhave tīṇi paṇḍitassa paṇḍitalakkhaṇāni paṇḍitanimittāni paṇḍitāpadānānī"ti vuttaṃ. Paṇḍitehi paṇḍitassa paṇḍitoti sallakkhaṇato tividhaṃ paṇḍitalakkhaṇaṃ.
@3 i. vattabbanibbānaṃ 4 aṅ.tika. 20/3/97, Ma.u. 14/246/214