Sukhayatīti sukhaṃ, yassuppajjati, taṃ sukhitaṃ karotīti attho. Suṭṭhu vā khādati, khanati ca kāyacittābādhanti sukhaṃ, somanassavedanāyetaṃ nāmaṃ. Tassa lakkhaṇādīni vedanāpade vuttanayeneva veditabbāni.

Aparo nayo:- sātalakkhaṇaṃ sukhaṃ, sampayuttānaṃ upabrūhanarasaṃ, anuggahaṇapaccupaṭṭhānaṃ. Satipi ca nesaṃ pītisukhānaṃ katthaci avippayoge iṭṭhārammaṇapaṭilābhatuṭṭhi pīti, paṭiladdharasānubhavanaṃ sukhaṃ. Yattha pīti, tattha sukhaṃ, yattha sukhaṃ, tattha na niyamato pīti. Saṅkhārakkhandhasaṅgahitā pīti, vedanākkhandhasaṅgahitaṃ sukhaṃ. Kantārakhinnassa vanantūdakantadassanasavane viya pīti, vanacchāyāpavesanaudakaparibhogesu viya sukhaṃ.

Yathā hi puriso mahākantāramaggaṃ paṭipanno ghammapareto tasito pipāsito paṭipathe purisaṃ disvā "kattha pānīyaṃ atthī"ti puccheyya, so "aṭaviṃ uttaritvāva jātassaravanasaṇḍo atthi, tattha gantvā labhissasī"ti vadeyya. So tassa kathaṃ sutvā haṭṭhapahaṭṭho bhaveyya, tato gacchanto bhūmiyaṃ patitāni uppaladalanālapattādīni disvā suṭṭhutaraṃ haṭṭhapahaṭṭho hutvā gacchanto allavatthe allakese purise passeyya, vanakukkuṭavanamorādīnaṃ saddaṃ suṇeyya, jātassarapariyante jātaṃ maṇijālasadisaṃ nīlavanasaṇḍaṃ passeyya. Sare jātāni uppalapadumakumudādīni passeyya, acchaṃ vippasannaṃ udakaṃ passeyya. So bhiyyo bhiyyo haṭṭhapahaṭṭho hutvā jātassaraṃ otaritvā yathāruciṃ