[431] The Blessed One said this: "And how, Aggivessana, is one deluded? Whoever has not abandoned those taints (āsava) that are defiling, that lead to renewed existence, that are distressing, that ripen in suffering (dukkha), and that lead to future birth, aging, and death — him I call deluded. For it is through the non-abandonment of the taints, Aggivessana, that one is deluded.
Whoever has abandoned those taints that are defiling, that lead to renewed existence, that are distressing, that ripen in suffering, and that lead to future birth, aging, and death — him I call undeluded. For it is through the abandonment of the taints, Aggivessana, that one is undeluded.
The Tathāgata, Aggivessana, has abandoned the taints that are defiling, that lead to renewed existence, that are distressing, that ripen in suffering, and that lead to future birth, aging, and death; he has cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, done away with them, so that they are no longer subject to arising in the future. Just as, Aggivessana, a palm tree with its crown cut off is incapable of growing again, even so, Aggivessana, the Tathāgata has abandoned the taints that are defiling, that lead to renewed existence, that are distressing, that ripen in suffering, and that lead to future birth, aging, and death; he has cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, done away with them, so that they are no longer subject to arising in the future."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.