[480] "What do you think, great king? Here a brahmin … here a vessa … here a sudda, having shaved off his hair and beard, having put on ochre robes, might go forth from the household life into homelessness — abstaining from killing living beings, abstaining from taking what is not given, abstaining from false speech, eating one meal a day, living the holy life, ethical, of good character. How would you treat him?"
"Worthy Kaccāna, we would pay homage to him, or rise up for him, or invite him to a seat, or invite him to accept robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicinal requisites for the sick; or we would arrange lawful guarding, shelter, and protection for him. Why is that? Because, worthy Kaccāna, his former designation of 'sudda' has vanished; he is reckoned simply as an ascetic."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.