Tato paraṃpi catūhi upamāhi desanaṃyeva thometi. Tattha nikkujjitanti adhomukhaṭhapitaṃ, heṭṭhāmukhajātaṃ vā. Ukkujjeyyāti upari mukhaṃ kareyya. Paṭicchannanti tiṇapaṇṇādicchāditaṃ. Vivareyyāti ugghāteyya. Mūḷhassa vāti disāmūḷhassa. Maggaṃ ācikkheyyāti hatthe gahetvā "esa maggo"ti vadeyya. Andhakāreti kāḷapakkhacātuddasīaḍḍharattaghanavanasaṇḍameghapaṭalehi caturaṅgatame, ayaṃ tāva anuttānapadattho. Ayaṃ pana adhippāyayojanā:- yathā koci nikkujjitaṃ ukkujjeyya, evaṃ saddhammavimukhaṃ assaddhamme patitaṃ maṃ assaddhammā vuṭṭhāpentena, yathā paṭicchannaṃ vivareyya, evaṃ kassapassa bhagavato sāsanantaradhānā pabhūti micchādiṭṭhiggahanapaṭicchannaṃ

@2 vinaYu. mahāvi. 1/15/7 verañjakaṇḍa, aṅ. aṭṭhaka. 23/101/181 mahāvagga: varañjasutta Sāsanaṃ vivarantena, yathā mūḷahassa maggaṃ ācikkheyya, evaṃ kummaggamicchāmagga- paṭipannassa me saggamokkhamaggaṃ āvikarontena, yathā andhakāre telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya, evaṃ mohandhakāranimuggassa me buddhādiratanarūpāni apassato tappaṭicchādakamohandhakāraviddhaṃsakadesanāpajjotadhārakena mayhaṃ bhagavatā etehi pariyāyehi pakāsitattā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.

Evaṃ desanaṃ thometvā imāya desanāya ratanattaye pasannacitto pasannākāraṃ karonto "esāhan"tiādimāha. Tattha esāhanti eso ahaṃ. Bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmīti bhagavā me saraṇaṃ parāyanaṃ aghassa ghātā, hitassa ca vidhātāti iminā adhippāyena bhagavantaṃ gacchāmi bhajāmi sevāmi payirupāsāmi, evaṃ vā jānāmi bujjhāmīti. Yesaṃ hi dhātūnaṃ gati attho, buddhipi tesaṃ attho. Tasmā "gacchāmī"ti imassa jānāmi bujjhāmīti ayamevattho vutto. Dhammañca bhikkhusaṃghañcāti ettha pana adhigatamagge sacchikatanirodhe yathānusiṭṭhaṃ paṭipajjamāne ca catūsu apāyesu apatamāne dhāretīti dhammo, so atthato ariyamaggo ceva nibbānaṃ ca. Vuttañhetaṃ "yāvatā bhikkhave dhammā saṅkhatā, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo tesaṃ aggamakkhāyatī"ti vitthāro. Na kevalañca ariyamaggo ceva nibbānañca. Apica kho ariyaphalehi saddhiṃ pariyattidhammopi. Vuttaṃ hetaṃ chattamāṇavakavimāne:-