4. Maṇibhaddasuttavaṇṇanā
238. Sukhaṃ paṭilabhatīti diṭṭhadhammikādibhedaṃ sukhaṃ adhigacchati .
Niccameva seyyo satimato āyatiṃ hitacaraṇato .
Maṇibhaddo ‘‘ satimāpuggalo satokārī sampati veraṃ nappasavatī ’’ ti adhippāyena ‘‘ verā ca parimuccatī ’’ ti āha .
Bhagavā pana satimantatāsiddhiyā veraparimuccanaṃ na accantikaṃ , nāpi ekantikaṃ paṭipakkhena parato ca appahīnattāti taṃ nisedhento ‘‘ verā ca na parimuccatī ’’ ti vatvā , yaṃ accantikaṃ ekantikañca
V1.273 parassa vasena veraparimuccanaṃ , taṃ dassento ‘‘ yassā ’’ ti gāthamāha .Karuṇāyāti appanāppattāya karuṇāya .
Karuṇāpubbabhāgeti karuṇābhāvanāya vasena uppāditapaṭhamajjhānūpacāre .
Soti karuṇābhāvanaṃ bhāvento puggalo .
Mettaṃsoti mettacittaṃ aṃso eko kusalakoṭṭhāso etassāti mettaṃso .
Tassa kenacīti tassa arahato karuṇāya mettābhāvanāya ca sātisayattā tadabhāvena kenaci puggalena saddhiṃ verappasaṅgo nāma natthi .
Iminā khīṇāsavepi mettākaruṇābhāvanārahite koci attano cittadosena veraṃ kareyya , na pana tasmiṃ mettākaruṇācetovimuttisamannāgate koci veraṃ kareyya .
Evaṃ mahiddhikā brahmavihārabhāvanāti dasseti .