Maggaññūti paccavekkhaṇāvasena attanā uppāditaariyamaggassa ñātā. Maggavidūti veneyyasantāne janetabbassa ariyamaggassa kusalo. Maggakovidoti

Atha vā abhisambodhipaṭipattimaggaññū, paccekabodhipaṭipattimaggavidū, sāvakabodhipaṭipattimaggakovido. Atha vā "etena maggena ataṃsu pubbe, tarissantiyeva taranti oghan"ti vacanato yathāyogaṃ atītānāgata- paccuppannabuddhapaccekabuddhasāvakānaṃ maggavasena ca suññatānimittaappaṇihitamaggavasena ca ugghaṭitaññūvipañcitaññūneyyapuggalānaṃ maggavasena ca yathākkamenatthayojanaṃ karonti. Maggānugāmī ca panāti bhagavatā gatamaggānugāmino hutvā ettha casaddo hetuatthe nipāto. Etena ca bhagavato magguppādanādiguṇādhigamāya hetu vutto hoti. Panasaddo katatthe nipāto. Tena bhagavatā katamaggakaraṇaṃ vuttaṃ hoti. Pacchā samannāgatāti paṭhamaṃ gatassa bhagavato pacchāgatasīlādiguṇena samannāgatā. Iti thero "anuppannassa maggassa uppādenā"tiādīhi yasmā sabbepi bhagavato sīlādayo guṇā arahattamaggameva nissāya guṇaṃ kathesi.

Jānaṃ jānātīti jānitabbaṃ jānāti, sabbaññutāya yaṃ kiñci paññāya jānitabbaṃ nāma atthi, taṃ sabbaṃ pañcaneyyapathabhūtaṃ paññāya jānātīti attho. Passaṃ passatīti passitabbaṃ passati, sabbadassāvitāya taṃyeva neyyapathaṃ cakkhunā diṭṭhaṃ viya karonto paññācakkhunā passatīti attho. Yathā vā ekacco viparītaṃ gaṇhanto jānantopi na jānāti, passantopi na passati, na evaṃ bhagavā. Bhagavā pana yathāsabhāvaṃ gaṇhanto jānanto jānātiyeva, passantopi passatiyeva. Svāyaṃ dassanapariṇāyakaṭṭhena cakkhubhūto. Viditatādiaṭṭhena ñāṇabhūto. Aviparītasabhāvaṭṭhena vā pariyattidhammapavattanato hadayena cintetvā vācāya nicchāritadhammamayoti vā dhammabhūto. Seṭṭhaṭṭhena brahmabhūto. Atha vā cakkhu viya bhūtoti cakkhubhūto. Ñāṇaṃ viya bhūtoti ñāṇabhūto. Dhammo viya bhūtoti dhammabhūto.