ariyavuttisamācāro yena vuccati sīlavā.

Sīlālaṅkārasamo alaṅkāro natthi, sīlagandhasamo gandho natthi, sīlasamaṃ kilesamalavisodhanaṃ natthi, sīlasamaṃ pariḷāhūpasamaṃ natthi, sīlasamaṃ kittijananaṃ natthi, sīlasamaṃ saggārohaṇasopānaṃ natthi, nibbānanagarappavesane ca sīlasamaṃ dvāraṃ natthi. Yathāha:-

"sobhantevaṃ na rājāno muttāmaṇivibhūsitā

yathā sobhanti yatino sīlabhūsanabhūsitā.