Tayidaṃ sīlaṃ vārittaṃ cārittanti duvidhaṃ. Tatthāyaṃ bodhisattassa vārittasīle paṭipattikkamo:- sabbasattesu tathā dayāpannacittena bhavitabbaṃ, yathā supinantenapi Na āghāto uppajjeyya. Parūpakāraniratatāya parasantako alagaddo viya na parāmasitabbo, sace pabbajito hoti, abrahmacariyatopi ārācārī hoti sattavidhamethunasaṃyogavirahito, pageva paradāragamanato. Sace pana apabbajito gahaṭṭho samāno paresaṃ dāresu sadā pāpakaṃ cittampi na uppādeti. Kathento ca saccaṃ hitaṃ piyaṃ vacanaṃ parimitameva ca kālena dhammiṃ kathaṃ bhāsitā hoti, sabbattha anabhijjhālu abyāpannacitto aviparītadassano kammassakatañāṇena ca samannāgato sammaggatesu sammāpaṭipannesu niviṭṭhasaddho hoti niviṭṭhapemo.

Iti caturāpāyavaṭṭadukkhānaṃ pathabhūtehi akusalakammapathehi akusaladhammehi ca oramitvā saggamokkhānaṃ pathabhūtesu kusalakammapathesu patiṭṭhitassa mahāpurisassa parisuddhāsayapayogatāya yathābhipatthitā sattānaṃ hitasukhūpasaṃhitā manorathā sīghaṃ sīghaṃ abhinipphajjanti, pāramiyo paripūrenti, evaṃbhūto hi ayaṃ. Tattha hiṃsānivattiyā sabbasattānaṃ abhayadānaṃ deti, appakasireneva mettābhāvanaṃ sampādeti, ekādasa mettānisaṃse adhigacchati, appābādho hoti appātaṅko, dīghāyuko sukhabahulo lakkhaṇavisese pāpuṇāti, dosavāsanañca samucchindati.

Tathā adinnādānanivattiyā corādīhi asādhāraṇe bhoge adhigacchati, parehi anāsaṅkanīyo piyo manāpo vissasanīyo vibhavasampattīsu alaggacitto pariccāgasīlo lobhavāsanañca samucchindati.

Abrahmacariyanivattiyā alolo hoti santakāyacitto, sattānaṃ piyo hoti manāpo aparisaṅkanīyo, kalyāṇo cassa kittisaddo abbhuggacchati, alaggacitto hoti mātugāmesu aluddhāsayo, nekkhammabahulo lakkhaṇavisese adhigacchati, lobhavāsanañca samucchindati.