@3 cha. iddhimantiniyo Dhammehī'ti. So lokaṃyeva adhipatiṃ jeṭṭhakaṃ katvā akusalaṃ pajahati, kusalaṃ bhāveti, sāvajjaṃ pajahati anavajjaṃ bhāveti, suddhaṃ attānaṃ pariharatī"ti. Evaṃ lokādhipati ottappaṃ nāma hoti.
Lajjāsabhāvasaṇṭhitā hiri, bhayasabhāvasaṇṭhitaṃ ottappanti ettha pana lajjāti lajjanākāro, tena sabhāvena saṇṭhitā hiri. Bhayanti apāyabhayaṃ, tena sabhāvena saṇṭhitaṃ ottappaṃ. Tadubhayampi pāpaparivajjane pākaṭaṃ hoti. Ekacco hi yathā nāma eko kulaputto uccārapassāvādīni karonto lajjitabbayuttakaṃ ekaṃ disvā lajjanākārappatto bhaveyya nilīno lajjito, evameva ajjhattaṃ lajjidhammaṃ okkamitvā pāpakammaṃ na karoti. Ekacco apāyabhayabhīto hutvā pāpakammaṃ na karoti.
Tatridaṃ opammaṃ:- yathā hi dvīsu ayoguḷesu eko sītalo bhaveyya gūthamakkhito, eko uṇho āditto. Tattha paṇḍito sītalaṃ gūthamakkhitattā jigucchanto na gaṇhāti, itaraṃ dāhabhayena. Tattha sītalassa gūthamakkhitassa jigucchāya agaṇhanaṃ viya ajjhattaṃ lajjidhammaṃ okkamitvā pāpassa akaraṇaṃ, uṇhassa dāhabhayena agaṇhanaṃ viya apāyabhayena pāpassa akaraṇaṃ veditabbaṃ.