Athassa "na ettakeheva buddhakārakadhammehi bhavitabban"ti uttarimpi upadhārayato tatiyaṃ nekkhammapāramiṃ disvā etadahosi "sumedhapaṇḍita tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya nekkhammapāramimpi pūreyyāsi. Yathā hi ciraṃ bandhanāgāre vasamāno puriso na tattha sinehaṃ karoti, atha kho ukkaṇṭhatiyeva, avasitukāmo hoti, evameva tvampi sabbabhave bandhanāgārasadise katvā sabbabhavehi ukkaṇṭhito muccitukāmo hutvā nekkhammābhimukhova hoti. Evaṃ buddho bhavissasī"ti tatiyaṃ nekkhammapāramiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi. Tena vuttaṃ:-

"na hete ettakāyeva buddhadhammā bhavissare

aññepi vicinissāmi ye dhammā bodhipācanā.

Vicinanto tadā dakkhiṃ tatiyaṃ nekkhammapāramiṃ