4. Ñāṇakathāvaṇṇanā

614-615. Ñāṇakathāyaṃ seyyathāpi mahāsaṅghikānanti pubbe ñāṇaṃanārammaṇantikathāyaṃ (kathā. 557 ādayo) vuttehi andhakehi aññe idha mahāsaṅghikā bhaveyyuṃ. Yadi aññāṇe vigatetiādinā rāgavigamo viya vītarāgapaññattiyā aññāṇavigamo ñāṇīpaññattiyā kāraṇanti dasseti. Na hi ñāṇaṃ assa atthīti ñāṇī, atha kho aññāṇīpaṭipakkhato ñāṇīti. Yasmā ñāṇapaṭilābhenāti ettha ca ñāṇapaṭilābhena aññāṇassa vigatattā so ñāṇīti vattabbataṃ āpajjatīti attho daṭṭhabbo.

Ñāṇakathāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.