tathā hi sāmānyenopadeśasyānyatra svasantāne jñānapūrvakatvaṃ dṛṣṭam, ato yathā devadattasya gatipūrvakāṃ deśāntaraprāptimupalabhyādityasya deśāntaraprāptyā gatir anumīyate, evaṃ buddhāder api bhagavato dharmādyupadeśāt tajjñānam anumāsyate /
For indeed, it is universally observed that teaching in one's own mental continuum is preceded by knowledge, therefore just as one infers the sun's motion from its change of location after observing that Devadatta's change of location is preceded by motion, similarly one can infer the Blessed One Buddha's knowledge from his teaching of dharma etc.