virattaṃ rajanīyesu kopanīye na kuppati
yassevaṃ bhāvitaṃ cittaṃ kuto taṃ dukkhamessatī"ti 3-.
Ettha ca "kuto taṃ dukkhamessatī"ti bhagavatā vuttavacanena "tena pahārena na koci ābādho ahosī"ti aṭṭhakathāvacanaṃ ativiya sameti. Tasmā "apica me sīsaṃ thokaṃ dukkhan"ti vacanena dukkhavedanā na hoti, sīsassa pana akammaññabhāvaṃ sandhāya "dukkhan"ti vuttaṃ. Lokepi hi akicchena pariharituṃ sakkuṇeyyo sukhasīlo, kicchena pariharituṃ sakkuṇeyyo dukkhasīloti vuccati. Tampi kho akammaññataṃ samāpattito vuṭṭhitasamayattā ahosīti veditabbo. Samāpattiappitasamaye hi tampi na bhaveyyāti. "etarahi paṃsupisācakampi na passāmā"ti daṭṭhuṃ asamatthatāya na vuttaṃ, abhiññāsu byāpārābhāvena vuttaṃ. Thero kira "pacchimā janatā pothujjanikāya iddhiyā sārasaññā māhesun"ti pacchimaṃ janataṃ anukampamāno yebhuyyena iddhiṃ na valañjesi. Theragāthāya ca:-