21. Tattha bhāyanti etasmāti bhayaṃ , jātijarādi . Bhayassāti nissakke sāmivacanaṃ , bhayato bhāyitabbanimittaṃ jātijarāmaraṇādinā hetunā nāhaṃ bhāyāmīti attho . Tattha kāraṇamāhaV1.80 ‘‘ satthā no amatassa kovido ’’ ti . Amhākaṃ satthā amate kusalo veneyyānaṃ amatadāne cheko . Yattha bhayaṃ nāvatiṭṭhatīti yasmiṃ nibbāne yathāvuttaṃ bhayaṃ na tiṭṭhati okāsaṃ na labhati . Tenāti tato nibbānato . Vajantīti abhayaṭṭhānameva gacchanti . Nibbānañhi abhayaṭṭhānaṃ nāma . Kena pana vajantīti āha ‘‘ maggena vajanti bhikkhavo ’’ ti , aṭṭhaṅgikena ariyamaggena satthu ovādakaraṇā bhikkhū saṃsāre bhayassa ikkhanakāti attho . Yatthāti vā yaṃ nimittaṃ yassa ariyamaggassaP1.81 adhigamahetu attānuvādādikaṃ pañcavīsatividhampi bhayaṃ nāvatiṭṭhati patiṭṭhaṃ na labhati , tena ariyena maggena vajanti abhayaṭṭhānaṃ satthu sāsane bhikkhū , tena maggena ahampi gato , tasmā nāhaṃ bhayassa bhāyāmīti thero aññaṃ byākāsi . Nigrodhattheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā .