[646] Hatthikkhandhagato āsinti tadā bhagavato dhammadesanāsamaye ahaṃ hatthipiṭṭhe nisinno āsiṃ ahosinti attho. Setacchattaṃ varuttamanti patthetabbaṃ uttamaṃ setacchattaṃ mama matthake dhārayanto hatthipiṭṭhe nisinnoti sambandho. Sucārurūpaṃ disvānāti sunadaraṃ cāruṃ manohararūpavantaṃ dhammaṃ desiyamānaṃ sambuddhaṃ disvā me mayhaṃ vitti santuṭṭhi somanassaṃ udapajjatha uppajjatīti attho.

[647] Oruyha hatthikkhandhamhāti taṃ bhagavantaṃ nisinnaṃ disvā hatthipiṭṭhito oruyha orohitvā narāsabhaṃ naravasabhaṃ upagacchiṃ samīpaṃ gatoti attho. Ratanamayachattaṃ meti ratanabhūsitaṃ me mayhaṃ chattaṃ buddhaseṭṭhassa matthake dhārayinti sambandho.

[648] Mama saṅkappamaññāyāti mayhaṃ pasādena uppannaṃ saṅkappaṃ ñatvā isīnaṃ antare mahantabhūto so padumuttaro bhagavā. Taṃ kathaṃ ṭhapayitvānāti taṃ attanā desiyamānaṃ dhammakathaṃ ṭhapetvā mama byākaraṇatthāya imā gāthā abhāsatha kathesīti attho.