Sanarāmaralokagaruṃ, vande sugataṃ gativimuttaṃ.

‘‘Buddhopi buddhabhāvaṃ, bhāvetvā ceva sacchikatvā ca;

Yaṃ upagato gatamalaṃ, vande tamanuttaraṃ dhammaṃ.

‘‘Sugatassa orasānaṃ, puttānaṃ mārasenamathanānaṃ;

Aṭṭhannampi samūhaṃ, sirasā vande ariyasaṅghaṃ.

Yaṃ suvihatantarāyo, hutvā tassānubhāvena.

‘‘Ekakadukādipaṭimaṇḍitassa aṅguttarāgamavarassa;

Dhammakathikapuṅgavānaṃ, vicittapaṭibhānajananassa.

‘‘Atthappakāsanatthaṃ, aṭṭhakathā ādito vasisatehi;

Pañcahi yā saṅgītā, anusaṅgītā ca pacchāpi.

‘‘Sīhaḷadīpaṃ pana ābhatātha vasinā mahāmahindena;

Ṭhapitā sīhaḷabhāsāya, dīpavāsīnamatthāya.

Tantinayānucchavikaṃ, āropento vigatadosaṃ.

‘‘Samayaṃ avilomento, therānaṃ theravaṃsadīpānaṃ;

Sunipuṇavinicchayānaṃ, mahāvihāre nivāsīnaṃ.

‘‘Hitvā punappunāgatamatthaṃ, atthaṃ pakāsayissāmi;

Sujanassa ca tuṭṭhatthaṃ, ciraṭṭhitatthañca dhammassa.

‘‘Sāvatthipabhūtīnaṃ, nagarānaṃ vaṇṇanā katā heṭṭhā;

Dīghassa majjhimassa ca, yā me atthaṃ vadantena.

‘‘Vitthāravasena sudaṃ, vatthūni ca tattha yāni vuttāni;

Tesampi na idha bhiyyo, vitthārakathaṃ karissāmi.

Tesaṃ pakāsanatthaṃ, vatthūnipi dassayissāmi.

‘‘Sīlakathā dhutadhammā, kammaṭṭhānāni ceva sabbāni;

Cariyāvidhānasahito, jhānasamāpattivitthāro.

‘‘Sabbā ca abhiññāyo, paññāsaṅkalananicchayo ceva;

Khandhādhātāyatanindriyāni, ariyāni ceva cattāri.

‘‘Saccāni paccayākāradesanā suparisuddhanipuṇanayā;

Avimuttatantimaggā, vipassanābhāvanā ceva.

‘‘Iti pana sabbaṃ yasmā, visuddhimagge mayā suparisuddhaṃ;

Vuttaṃ tasmā bhiyyo, na taṃ idha vicārayissāmi.

‘‘Majjhe visuddhimaggo, esa catunnampi āgamānañhi;

Ṭhatvā pakāsayissati, tattha yathābhāsitamatthaṃ.

Aṭṭhakathāya vijānatha, aṅguttaranissitaṃ attha’’nti.

Saṃkhepakathā