Iddhividhaṃ panettha nānāvidhavikubbanadassanasamatthatāya, dibbasotaṃ devamanussānaṃ saddasavanasamatthatāya, cetopariyañāṇaṃ paresaṃ soḷasavidhacittajānanasamatthatāya, pubbenivāsānussatiñāṇaṃ icchiticchitaṭṭhānasamanussaraṇasamatthatāya, dibbacakkhu icchiticchitarūpadassanasamatthatāya, āsavakkhayañāṇaṃ atipaṇītalokuttaramaggasukhanipphādana- samatthatāya mahapphalanti veditabbaṃ. Yasmā pana arahattato visiṭṭhataro añño yañño nāma natthi, tasmā arahattanikūṭeneva desanaṃ samādapento "ayaṃ kho brāhmaṇā"ti ādimāha.

Kūṭadantaupāsakattapaṭivedanākathāvaṇṇanā

[354-358] Evaṃ vutteti evaṃ bhagavatā vutte desanāya pasīditvā saraṇaṃ gantukāmo kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo etaṃ "abhikkantaṃ bho gotamā"ti ādikaṃ vacanamavoca. Upavāyatūti upagantvā sarīradarathaṃ nibbāpento

Idañca pana vatvā brāhmaṇo purisaṃ pesesi "gaccha tāta yaññāvāṭaṃ pavisitvā sabbe te pāṇayo bandhanā mocehī"ti. So "sādhū"ti paṭisuṇitvā tathā katvā āgantvā "muttā bho te pāṇayo"ti ārocesi. Yāva brāhmaṇo taṃ pavattiṃ na suṇi, na tāva bhagavā dhammaṃ desesi. Kasmā? "brāhmaṇassa citte ākulabhāvo atthī"ti sutvā panassa "bahū vata Me pāṇā mocitā"ti cittavāro vippasīdati. Bhagavā tassa vippasannamanataṃ ñatvā dhammadesanaṃ ārabhi. Taṃ sandhāya "athakho bhagavā"ti ādi vuttaṃ. Puna "kallacittan"ti ādi anupubbikathānubhāvena vikkhambhitanīvaraṇataṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ. Sesaṃ uttānatthamevāti.