māpesi nagaraṃ satthā saddhammapuravaruttaman"ti.

Tattha nijjinitvāti vijinitvā abhibhuyya, kilesābhisaṅkhāradevaputtamāre viddhaṃsetvāti attho. Soti so sumano bhagavā. "vijinitvā kilesehī"tipi pāṭho. Tattha hikāro padapūraṇamatte nipāto. Patvāti adhigantvā. "patto"tipi pāṭho. Nagaranti nibbānanagaraṃ. Saddhammapuravaruttamanti saddhammasaṅkhātaṃ puravaresu uttamaṃ seṭṭhaṃ padhānabhūtaṃ. Atha vā saddhammamayesu puresu pavaresu uttamaṃ saddhammapuravaruttamaṃ. Purimasmiṃ atthavikappe "nagaran"ti tasseva vevacananti daṭṭhabbaṃ. Paṭividdhadhamma- sabhāvānaṃ sekkhāsekkhānaṃ ariyapuggalānaṃ patiṭṭhānaṃ gocaranivāsaṭṭhena nibbānaṃ "nagaran"ti vuccati. Tasmiṃ pana saddhammavaranagare so satthā avicchinnaṃ akuṭilaṃ ujuṃ puthulañca vitthatañca satipaṭṭhānamayaṃ mahāvīthiṃ māpesi. Tena vuttaṃ:-

[4] "nirantaraṃ akuṭilaṃ ujuṃ vipulavitthataṃ