[34] "yāvajīvikan"ti etena dānassa kālapariyantābhāvaṃ dasseti. Samādānato paṭṭhāya hi mahāsattā yāvapāripūri vemajjhe na kālaparicchedaṃ karonti, bodhisambhārasambharaṇe saṅkocābhāvena antarantarā avosānāpattito maraṇenapi anupacchedo eva, tato parampi tatheva paṭipajjanato, "yāvajīvikan"ti pana mahāsudassanacaritassa vasena vuttaṃ. Napāhaṃ dessaṃ dhanaṃ dammīti idaṃ dhanaṃ nāma mayhaṃ na dessaṃ amanāpanti evarūpaṃ mahādānaṃ dento gehato ca dhanaṃ nīharāpemi, napi natthi nicayo mayīti mama sarīre dhananicayo dhanasaṅgaho nāpi natthi. Sallekhavuttisamaṇo viya asaṅgahopi na homīti attho. Idaṃ yena ajjhāsayena tassidaṃ mahādānaṃ pavattitaṃ, taṃ dassetuṃ vuttaṃ.

[35] Idāni taṃ upamāya vibhāvetuṃ "yathāpi āturo nāmā"tiādimāha. Tatthidaṃ upamāsaṃsandanena saddhiṃ atthadassanaṃ:- yathā nāma āturo rogābhibhūto puriso rogato attānaṃ parimocetukāmo dhanena hiraññasuvaṇṇādinā vejjaṃ tikicchakaṃ tappetvā ārādhetvā yathāvidhi paṭipajjanto tato rogato vimuccati.

[36] Tatheva evameva ahampi aṭṭabhūtaṃ sakalalokaṃ kilesarogato sakalasaṃsāradukkharogato ca parimocetukāmo tassa tato parimocanassa ayaṃ