Kathaṃ tathadhamme yāthāvato abhisambuddhoti tathāgato? tathadhammā nāma cattāri ariyasaccāni. Yathāha "cattārimāni bhikkhave tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni. Katamāni cattāri? `idaṃ dukkhan'ti bhikkhave tathametaṃ avitathametaṃ anaññathametan"ti Vitthāro. Tāni ca bhagavā abhisambuddho, tasmā tathānaṃ abhisambuddhattā "tathāgato"ti vuccati. Abhisambuddhattho hi ettha gatasaddo.

Tathanāmāni saccāni abhisambujjhi nāyako

tasmā tathānaṃ saccānaṃ sambudadhattā tathāgato. (4)

Kathaṃ tathadassitāya tathāgato? bhagavā hi aparimāṇāsu lokadhātūsu aparimāṇānaṃ sattānaṃ cakkhusotaghānajivhākāyamanodvāresu āpāthaṃ āgacchantaṃ rūpasaddagandharasaphoṭṭhabbadhammārammaṇaṃ tathāgato sabbākārato jānāti passatīti, evaṃ tathadassitāya tathāgato. Atha vā yaṃ loke tathaṃ, taṃ lokassa tatheva dasseti. Tatopi bhagavā tathāgato. Ettha tathadassiatthe "tathāgato"ti padasambhavo veditabbo.