[116] Potthakūpamesu yāya upamāya te potthakūpamāti vuccanti, taṃ tāva upamaṃ dassetuṃ tayo potthakātiādi vuttaṃ. Tattha navoti navavāyimo. Potthakoti sāṇavākasāṭako. Dubbaṇṇoti vivaṇṇo. Dukkhasamphassoti kharasamphasso. Appagghoti atibahuṃ agghanto kahāpaṇagghanako hoti. Majjhimoti paribhogamajjhimo. So hi navabhāvaṃ atikkamitvā jiṇṇabhāvaṃ appatto majjhe paribhogakālepi dubbaṇṇo ca dukkhasamphasso ca appagghoyeva ca hoti, atibahuṃ agghanto aḍḍhaṃ agghati, jiṇṇakāle pana aḍḍhamāsakaṃ vā kākaṇikaṃ vā agghati. Ukkhaliparimajjananti kāḷukkhaliparipuñchanaṃ.
Navoti upasampadāya pañcavassakālato heṭṭhā jātiyā saṭṭhivassopi navoyeva. Dubbaṇṇatāyāti sarīravaṇṇenapi guṇavaṇṇenapi dubbaṇṇatāya. Dussīlassa hi parisamajjhe nisinnassa nittejatāya sarīravaṇṇopi na sampajjati, guṇavaṇṇe vattabbameva natthi. Ye kho panassāti ye kho pana tassa upaṭṭhākā vā ñātimittādayo vā etaṃ puggalaṃ sevanti. Tesantanti tesaṃ puggalānaṃ cha satthāre sevantānaṃ micchādiṭṭhikānaṃ viya devadattaṃ sevantānaṃ kokālikādīnaṃ viya ca taṃ sevanaṃ dīgharattaṃ ahitāya dukkhāya hoti. Majjhimoti pañcavassakālato paṭṭhāya yāva navavassakālā majjhimo nāma. Theroti dasavassakālato paṭṭhāya thero nāma. Evamāhaṃsūti evaṃ vadanti. Kiṃ nu kho tuyhanti tuyhaṃ bālassa bhaṇitena ko Atthoti vuttaṃ hoti. Tathārūpanti tathājātithaṃ tathāsabhāvaṃ ukkhepanīyakammassa kāraṇabhūtaṃ.
[117] Kāsikavatthūpamesu kāsikavatthannāma tayo kappāsaṃsū gahetvā kantitasuttena vāyitaṃ sukhumavatthaṃ, taṃ navavāyimaṃ anagghaṃ hoti, paribhogamajjhimaṃ vīsampi tiṃsampi sahassāni agghati, jiṇṇakāle pana aṭṭhapi dasapi sahassāni agghati.
Tesantaṃ hotīti tesaṃ sammāsambuddhādayo sevantānaṃ viya taṃ sevanaṃ dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāya hoti. Sammāsambuddhañhi ekaṃ nissāya yāvajjakālā muccanakasattānaṃ pamāṇaṃ natthi. Tathā sāriputtattheramahāmoggallānatthere avasese ca asīti- mahāsāvake nissāya saggaṃ gatasattānaṃ pamāṇaṃ natthi. Yāvajjakālā tesaṃ diṭṭhānugatiṃ paṭipannasattānampi pamāṇaṃ natthiyeva. Ādheyyaṃ gacchatīti tassa mahātherassa taṃ atthanissitaṃ vacanaṃ yathā gandhakaraṇḍake kāsikavatthaṃ ādhātabbataṃ ṭhapetabbataṃ gacchati, evaṃ uttamaṅge sirasmiṃ hadaye ca ādhātabbataṃ ṭhapetabbatampi gacchati. Sesamettha heṭṭhā vuttanayānusāreneva veditabbaṃ.