6. Upamā

Upamīyate paricchijjati sādhīyatītyattho. Kīdisantamupamānamiccāha- ‘pasiddhasādhamyā’iccādi. Pasiddho gavādi, tassa sādhamyā samāna rūpatāya yampasiddhassa gavayādino sādhiyassa sādhanaṃ tamupamānantyattho. Samāno dhammo-sseti sadhammo, gavādiyeva. Tassa bhāvo sādhamyaṃ. Sādhyate upamīyate-neneti sādhanamupamānaṃ gavādi. Sādhute upamīyateti sādhiyo, gavayādi. Tassa sādhanaṃ sādhiyasādhanaṃ.

Puttamivācaratīti ettha ‘āvasathamāvasati’ccādo viya ādhāratthassa viññāyamānattā putte viya māṇavake madhurannapānadānādikamācaraṇaṃ karoticcevamatthasambhavena dvinnampi upamānopameyyabhāvotyavagamayitumāha- ‘putte’iccādi. Pasiddhena sādhanabhāvenupamānabhūte putte ācaraṇampi pasiddhanti āha- ‘tampasiddha’nti. Tadācaraṇena tena ācaraṇena puttamāṇavakavisayamācaraṇaṃ vā puttamāṇavaka saddenupacārato gahetvā visayīvasena visayabhāvavohārotipi yujjati. Vākyattho panetasmiṃ pakkhe ‘puttamiva puttavisaya māṇavakamiva ācarati māṇavakavisayamācaraṇaṃ karotī’ti, vuttiyantu yathāvuttamatthadvayaṃ yathāyogaṃ yojetvā veditabbaṃ.

Nanu ca yajjatropamānopameyyabhāvo vuttiyaṃ īyeneva jotitoti ivasaddo nivattate, tadopamānopameyyabhāvo putta saddeva vattate, taṃ kathamupameyyavacanassa māṇavakasaddassa vuttatthassa payogo yuttoccāsaṅkiyāha- ‘upamānavacanato’ccādi.

Tabbisiṭṭhācaraṇeti tenopamānena visiṭṭhe ācaraṇe. Upamānopameyyabhāvassānivattattāti etthāyamadhippāyo ‘upamāna visiṭṭhācaraṇe upamānavacanato īyassa vidhāne nopameyyavacanamantarenopamānavacanassa pavattīti upamānopameyyabhāvassānivattī’’ti. Aññathāti yadyupamānopameyyabhāvassa īyeneva jotitattā tadantassupameyye vutti siyātyattho. Pabbatāyatīti ‘‘kattutāyo’’ti (5-8) āyo. Upameyyassānivattattā upameyya kattusāmaññe tippaccayo.