4. Pattikathāvaṇṇanā

837-840. Idāni pattikathā nāma hoti. Tattha ‘‘yaṃ yaṃ paṭilabbhati, tassa tassa paṭilābho patti nāma. Sā ca asaṅkhatā’’ti yesaṃ laddhi, seyyathāpi pubbaseliyānaññeva; te sandhāya pucchā sakavādissa, paṭiññā itarassa. Sesamidhāpi heṭṭhā vuttanayattā yathāpāḷimeva niyyātīti . Na vattabbantiādi yāya laddhiyā patti asaṅkhatāti maññati, taṃ pakāsetuṃ vuttaṃ. Tattha sakavādī ‘‘na hevaṃ vattabbe’’ti paṭikkhipanto kevalaṃ pattiyā rūpādibhāvaṃ na sampaṭicchati. Na hi patti nāma koci dhammo atthi, na pana asaṅkhatabhāvaṃ anujānāti. Itaro pana paṭikkhepamatteneva asaṅkhatāti laddhiṃ patiṭṭhapeti, sā ayoniso patiṭṭhāpitattā appatiṭṭhitāyevāti.

Pattikathāvaṇṇanā.