[22] Yaṃ yaṃ so vaṇṇaṃ cintayīti so ahituṇḍikabrāhmaṇo "yaṃ yaṃ nīlādivaṇṇaṃ hotū"ti cintesi. Tena vuttaṃ "nīlaṃ va pītalohitan"ti. Tattha nīlaṃ vāti vāsaddo aniyamattho, gāthāsukhatthaṃ rassaṃ katvā vutto, tena vāsaddena vuttāvasiṭṭhaṃ odātādivaṇṇavisesañceva vaṭṭādisaṇṭhānavisesañca aṇuṃthūlādipamāṇavisesañca saṅgaṇhāti. Tassa cittānuvattantoti tassa ahituṇḍikassa cittaṃ anuvattanto. Cintitasannibhoti tena cintitacintitākārena pekkhajanassa upaṭṭhahāmīti dasseti.

[23] Na kevalañca tena cintitākāradassanaṃ eva mayhaṃ ānubhāvo. Api ca thalaṃ kareyyamudakaṃ, udakampi thalaṃ kareti thalaṃ mahāpaṭhaviṃ gahetvā udakaṃ, udakampi gahetvā paṭhaviṃ kātuṃ sakkuṇeyyaṃ evaṃ mahānubhāvo ca. Yadihantassa kuppeyyanti tassa ahituṇḍikassa ahaṃ yadi kujjheyyaṃ. Khaṇena chārikaṃ kareti kodhuppādakkhaṇe eva bhasmaṃ kareyyaṃ.

[24] Evaṃ bhagavā tadā attano uppajjanakānatthapaṭibāhane samatthataṃ dassetvā idāni yena adhippāyena taṃ paṭibāhanaṃ na kataṃ, taṃ dassetuṃ "yadi cittavasī hessan"tiādimāha.

Tassattho:- "ayaṃ ahituṇḍiko maṃ ativiya bādhati, na me ānubhāvaṃ jānāti, handassa me ānubhāvaṃ dassessāmī"ti kujjhitvā olokanamattenāpi yadi cittavasī abhavissaṃ, atha so bhusamuṭṭhi viya vippakirissati. Ahaṃ yathāsamādinnato parihāyissāmi sīlato. Tathā ca sati sīlena parihīnassa khaṇḍitasīlassa yvāyaṃ mayā dīpaṅkaradasabalassa pādamūlato paṭṭhāya abhipatthito, uttamattho buddhabhāvo so na sijjhati.