Imasmiṃ aṅkurapetavatthumhi veyyāvaccaṃ "brahmacariyan"ti vuttaṃ. "idaṃ kho taṃ bhikkhave tittiriyaṃ nāma brahmacariyaṃ ahosī"ti imasmiṃ tittirajātake pañcasikkhāpadasīlaṃ "brahmacariyan"ti vuttaṃ. "taṃ kho pana pañcasikha brahmacariyaṃ neva nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya .pe. Yāvadeva brahmalokupapattiyā"ti imasmiṃ mahāgovindasutte catasso appamaññāyo "brahmacariyan"ti vuttā. "pare abrahmacārī bhavissanti, mayamettha brahmacārī bhavissāmā"ti imasmiṃ sallekhasutte methunavirati "brahmacariyan"ti vuttā.

"mayañca bhariyā nātikkamāma,

amhe ca bhariyā nātikkamanti.

Aññatra tāhi brahmacariyañcarāma.